Recent content by garyjmag

Hi, I manage SEO for a long-established local tree service business that has been active on GBP and Google Ads for over a decade. A month ago we got a random notification that our listing had been disabled due to reason: "This Business Profile has been removed by Google". Since that wasn't much...

A business that I represent recently started working with a new marketing firm. Someone on the new team requested access to the business' longtime verified active GBP listing and apparently did not get accepted in a timely manner so they contacted Google support to appeal and ended up getting...

Hey @JoyHawkins just created the thread. Any help you can provide is much appreciated! Google Not Showing Correct Trusted Photographer Streetview Thumbnail in Knowledge Pan... - The Google Advertiser Community - 1914545

@JoyHawkins Hi Joy, I have a client that is experiencing the same issue. 1. We've moved the pin slightly (it is in the correct position) but it is showing an unideal streetview thumbnail with a car blocking the front signage. 2. We've hired a trusted photographer and have an inside tour...

Hey guys, with all the changes Google has made to their own keyword tools as well as how hyperlocal search has evolved over the years I'm wondering what keyword tools you all are using for local business keyword research in 2018. I've been using KeywordTool.io (built on the Adwords API) for...

No, I haven't yet, but I will give it a shot. Thanks for the tip, Joy! Are these the forums you're referring to? https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/maps https://www.localguidesconnect.com/

Hey all, I work with new development apartment communities and we occasionally deal with issues where Google Maps has no idea about a new road that was created specifically for the apartment complex development. In the past, I added roads, edited landmarks, road names, and other Map features in...

No, I have a Google+ Brand page (not connected to GMB local) and I also have a GMB local page (that has a default G+ page). I want to merge the two. You used to be able to merge the brand+local pages but can't seem to find that setting anymore.

There used to be an option to connect a brand page with a local listing in the settings, however this seems to have disappeared as Google has separated Google+ and Google My Business. Is there any way to still do this in order to combine the social posts/YouTube channel of the brand page and the...

Thanks James, makes sense!

Is anyone noticing Google My Business stripping UTM parameters from the listing URL and replacing with a weird hash+character string (ex clientsite.com/#66BIDX)? This has happened many times across a lot of my clients and even re-occurs after I switch it back to the UTM parameter.

Agreed and its definitely part of my standard process as well, but I'm noticing these change randomly after the fact. Not all of them have changed, but I've caught about 4 in the last two weeks, one of which has reverted back to the weird hash URL again. Thinking I'm going to have a to do a full...

Is anyone noticing GMB reverting these tracking URLs with UTM parameters to the base URL with # and a string of random characters after it? Noticing this happen on more and more of my pages and even after changing it back to the tracking URL, seeing them eventually go back to this random...

No they were easily able to verify all 3 listings with the same address using postcard (this happened at different times though, not all at once). Later on, we added a suite# to the newest listing with no citations in order to hopefully differentiate it from the other 2 established businesses...

Oh ya, 3 different sites (same hosting though). Forgot to mention that! :)