Recent content by keyserholiday

Were any other changes made at the same time? I hope this not happening again.

There is no har and fast rule about how long a meta title should be. The issue is too many SEOs focused on character count or width that was displayed on the search results. At a LocalU event in Los Angeles, Joel Headly added a made up word and stuck in on the end of the title tag. You couldn’t...

Please keep in mind that not everyone who comes here is in SEO or knows everything about SEO. You should assume not everyone knows what you know to help educate them.

I am of no help. I don't do anything grey or blackhat.

I am not getting the same results. I did notice that you did click on three of the links.

I am at a loss. I don't have the business's name, so I can't investigate the issue further, and I don't have enough information to go off on. I have had too many clients blame Google when it wasn't Google at all.

You don’t need access to a GBP to run PPC. Are you using call tracking numbers? If you are you can listen to the calls to see if it’s the GBP or website trigger the calls.

Nope. The GBP ranks where it’s verified. Outside citations have zero impact.

Are you sure it’s SEO and not PPC? Are you sure the calls are coming from GBP? I nice had too many clients blame Google when it was Apple Maps or another platform. I also work with a horrible SEO who did too many board match search terms so if you did a search for Joe’s Dentist our clients ad...

He did post about this, but the last few GBPs I created were immediately suspended. I am seeing countless threads about brand new GBPs getting suspended on various forums.

It’s doesn’t matter either way. You can create it and add them or they can create it and add you.

Google has moved all GBPs over to video verification. In the off chance you can trigger a phone verification, Google will suspend the profile and it’s extremely difficult to get reinstated.

Google posts have never been a ranking factor and don’t seem to get much traction in most verticals. I would focus on more things that move the needle and increase ROI, like reviews.

All GBPs needs to match the real world name.

It can be depending on what type of business you are running. You will need to hide the address if you don’t have signage or serve customers at your address.