Recent content by John C

DBA is listed correctly everywhere I can find. One other thing I forgot to mention that now seems really relevant.... I noticed that my address was showing in the places listing for the last few weeks prior to it dissapearing even though I had it set to hidden. I have ALWAYS had the address...

Here are some screen shots of my edit page ---------- Post Merged at 02:10 PM ---------- Previous Post was at 02:07 PM ---------- oh, forgot the first one here:

Up until recently I've seen listings for locksmiths in my area that didn't even have a phone number listed. For a while it seemed like every week a couple more would pop up with no phone number or even an address sometimes. I know that google sends out an adwords credit whenever you start a...

My places listing has not been showing at all for the past two weeks. Everything in my dashboard is normal (no red stripe of death), but when I called in to adwords support (I do adwords express too) I had them look at my places account (which shows reviews on my adwords ads and is awsome when...

So my Places account was recently suspended most likely for a category violation. (I am a locksmith, and I had put "car keys" as a category). I'm re-listing with a new account. I really want to do this perfectly right this time. I have two other issues that I'm not 100% sure about: 1. Suite #...

Well thanks for the help, at least now I know where to go to find the experts!

I clicked on that as soon as I saw it. I'm pretty sure that is what prompted the email I got saying that process is "no longer supported". I suppose I may as well just accept that it's dead and start over. If I lose 3 reviews and a month or so of google places business it's not necessarily the...

It just vanished. 404 error. Not only that, I had an unusually high number of clicks on my adwords ads yesterday..... and an unusually low number of people actually calling me. I didn't even think that my ads were running because I never once saw one pop up yesterday like I normally do when I...

Linda, I suppose google has good reason to be strict on locksmiths with as many unlicensed, phony, or at best 2nd rate "locksmiths" running around using bait and switch tactics, overcharging and damaging stuff. Then you've got the national dispatch only companies that pretend to be local to get...

I have a service area business with a hidden address, I've always kept the address hidden from Google places. Not so much because I'm afraid of the public finding me or knocking on my door, but because since I don't have a real honest to God brick and mortar storefront I was hiding it to...