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So it seems like I screwed myself by trying to claim my Apple Maps listing to change some stuff. Having a storefront in my area is extremely expensive and completely unnecessary for my type of business, it wouldn’t be worth it just to get an Apple Maps listing back.

This seems to be exactly the way it is. My listing appears to be completely removed. Do you know if there’s any way to revert it back (and then I won’t try to claim it again)?

Yes, my address is showing on my business’s Yelp listing, I just checked it now to confirm and I know that it’s always been up there in the past. Now that I’m looking at emails, I believe my business was originally listed on Apple Maps (probably through Yelp like you mentioned) and was taken...

I did. But they won’t put my business listing up for the reason that I quoted above. I’ve tried a few times over the years

I’ve tried multiple times to put my business on Apple Maps but they say that I can’t since it’s a service area business (electrical contractor) without a commercial address, I use my home address. Any ideas what to do? Reason Home Business Your location isn't accessible to the public...

I don’t remember exactly which one, but I watched a recent video where Joy mentioned yet again that having the address showing for a service area business will lead to it ranking better. I don’t think anything has changed.

I’m not sure if something changed recently, but over the last few years most of the SEO pros have recommended that service area of businesses show their address because it gets much better ranking. Many years ago I would report contractors who had their address shown via the redressal form. I...

This is the same AI that says an electrician works for $30 to $35 an hour and a panel upgrade should cost $500-$800 :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I have had the same issue for the 10 years that I have been in business. I am a residential service contractor, I have had thousands of customers who have been very happy with my work. They call me back for more work and they refer me to their friends, family, and coworkers often. Yet they...

I have had reviews filtered for my business for many many years. These are real reviews from real customers who already had established Gmail account. I figured it was just part of the normal Google spam filtering, nothing is ever perfect so I figured those good reviews were casualties of a...

Does that benefit taper off after 150 or so reviews or do you still receive benefit obtaining more?

There’s another new thread talking about this review extortion. You’ll find a link to the proper reporting page on Google. https://localsearchforum.com/threads/1-star-review-extortion.62885/

isn’t that the epitome of black hat SEO?

I think all businesses would like to have their negative reviews removed. But then there would be no purpose to the review system if that was possible. You said that they were fake reviews.

I think he means legitimacy to the potential customers reading them. If the owner replies to the reviews explaining why the negative issue happened, it’s symbolizing that the review is legitimate and not fake.