Recent content by LightOfHeaven

More work for us to be honest, now we have to stay on top of these collected info and make sure their phone reps are actually answering properly?

Looks like Google has finally started ramping up its agentic features on maps { } and now we can actually track what information Google is collecting from these automated calls Google can potentially verify whether you're actually providing the services you claim to offer, as well as the...

Around June, most of my location pages fell out of the index. Around August 16th, I started actively deleting, redirecting pages worth saving, and overall dropping the idea that location pages help businesses rank. Instead, I'm now trying to approach my location pages by structuring them like a...

Doesn't look like you are being filtered to me. But here's what I would have done: 1 - Adding Petoskey in the business name. "Pachamama Floral Design | Petoskey" that would instantly start bringing in some extra impressions, and then try to compare it with prior data. If you're seeing a good...

Thing > Organization > LocalBusiness > LegalService Thing > Place > LocalBusiness > LegalService Based on the hierarchy above, I personally would use LegalService legalservice is a child of localBusiness, so it’s pretty easy for search engines to understand I would be more careful if the...

Fairly new GBP, less than 5 reviews. NO CTR boost. 0 citations, 0 backlinks created by me. They do not even have a logo yet lol....

I agree hours can affect rankings but you'll need to provide more info on this. "GBP was ranking high, and the main traffic on that URL was from GBP " I assuming you used a page that was not your homepage as the "website" on your GBP profile? Did you update your schema? citations...

It goes against everything we know about google and it's serp features, so most likely a bug

As of the last 3 months. Google and it's reps has completely revamp their approaches toward local businesses. They have been super helpful and knowledgeable.. I can't believe I just said that. Lol

https://support.google.com/business/gethelp > out of all the methods tried this was the best/ successful and with a high reply rate ( make sure you have all your info and proof ready on the first submission.)

It was possible, it's just that I never got any reply or confirmation from google so I just kept submitting it over and over again

So I got a call from this barbershop, and they've been struggling to rank. When I audited their GMB & site, everything looked phenomenal. They had great on seo and even better off page with amazing backlinks, citations, 250+ reviews, and over 200 photos. They posted daily and even hosted...

AI Mode is a double edge sword. Too much interaction seems to trigger AI overview for that keyword and also I think user chat plays a role in getting you mentioned higher up in future chats ( still investigating, will report later ) Reviews has little effect on rankings( if any ), i guess it's...

Another reason why we shouldn’t limit our GMB categories just look at the displayed categories based on the query for 205 Disclaimer: This is for educational purposes only. Any business names shown are publicly available on Google Business Profile, and no affiliation or endorsement is implied...