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@JS Girard thank you. I searched for "extended stay hotel northwest houston", I did not search for "Extended Stay America"

Tagging @timcapper, I was told you work with lots of hotels. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Hello dear Local Search Forum members. I have a client in the Loddgying business, and when doing a search like: extended stay hotel northwest houston, google prefilters the result to favor the Brand "Extended Stay America" (see image below). So for this query Google only shows results for...

Thank you JS Girard, great read.

Hello Local Search Forum members: I´ve noticed with several big chains with presence almost all over the US, that they perform poorly in Google 3 Pack results. I was also reading an article in Brightlocal where they confirm my assumption in a way. What are the reasons for this to happen...

Thank you both, @Chris Ratchford and @keyserholiday for your help, much appreciate it.

On a following note: In terms of SAB, Does Google have restrictions on how many business could operate per state?

Hello Local search forum members. I have a client who is thinking of updating their business from having a physical address to service area business in GBP, since they are mainly a mobile service. This means hiding the address in GBP and set them up as SAB. What happens if the address is also...

@JeffClevelandTN, thanks, I appreciate your help. I´ll review this. @mblumenthal thank you.

Hello Local Search Forum members. A client of us asked about the Pros and Cons of Adding Local Reviews on National Organic Pages. As far as I know there´s a benefit related to trust, and the potential for increase in conversions. In terms of rankings, as I understand, there´s no benefit at all...

I´m currently looking into several platforms: Chatmeter, Birdeye, Uberall, Semrush, Yext, Brightlocal, Mozlocal. So far Yext is my favorite because of their robust Analytics, though it is recommended for businesses with over 100 locations.

Hello, Does anybody know of a tool to automate the process of getting the CIDs of GBP profiles? I have clients with hundreds of locations, and since this Google Bug started, we want to take action on this asap. Doing this manually will take months. Thanks in advance...

Thank you, @JeffClevelandTN that was very helpfull, it worked.

Thank @Jenny_BrightLocal and @JeffClevelandTN for your help. In the article it is mentioned that it is possible to go back to the old interface by copying the dashboard URL. Do you know what the dashboard URL is? Please see image below.

Thanks for your reply @JeffClevelandTN , could you add the link to the newsletter you mentioned? @Jenny_BrightLocal do you happen to have any info on this? Thanks in advance.