Recent content by pbarnhart

Haven't seen this one before, anyone have any suggestions? A business associate has a service-related business with the old " this profile doesn’t follow the guidelines." error. Asked me to take a look, and after verifying I'm at the correct profile, and going into the appeal tool, I get "No...

Bing ChatGPT does local. Starting from the map results, the chat will dig into reviews, website details, and prompt you to contact the business or move on to the next one on the list. Yelp, Indeed, BBB, and Facebook review content all repeatedly show up as resources, but review sources depend on...

While the documentation is horrible, I lucked out with some internal contacts and several helpful emails. Apple Business Register is really only for businesses using Apple Business Chat or other Apple service. You need to have at least one "Connected Services" - either EHR Gateway or Messages...

That is why he has zero friends.

Interesting response from Google - "That combining is INTENTIONAL. Its meant to be happening. Google should not be indexing the UTM urls organically." So we may see this impression data disappear... Full thread Search Console Merging Pages in Performance Report - Search Console Community

Yes, that's exactly how we use ours, and most of the listings we manage report the exact same way. But some some are having their reporting merged with the canonical version. Some of our multi-location accounts have some locations merged and some not. I would be more than happy to give you...

I knew this was coming - we started seeing Google merging our UTM'd GMB listing with the canonical home page last year (Google Search Console Now Shows Google-Selected Canonical URLs (searchenginejournal.com)), but then they suddenly stopped. Looks like a lot of our client properties have been...

Appears to be a test, can't duplicate it on other searches. Flagging an address that the USPS has marked as inactive. Actual link: PetSmart to...

And these zombie, non-redirected local pages often rank very high for local searches for dog sitters, dog boarding etc. The active site local pages - rover.com - often rank much lower.

They aren't redirecting their interior pages directly. Hundreds and hundreds of local pages still appear in search. They are still listed in the sitemap.xml. When you go to the local page, it contains local sitters and write ups on the dogvacay.com domain. It's only when a visitor clicks on...

The redirects have been in place over a year, and their SERP has actually improved over that time. Since they keep the initial landing pages up but redirect all clicks, when do these become 'doorway' pages?

Backstory: Dogvacay.com started redirecting to rover.com after their merger in 2017. The current website is a static copy "Mirrored from dogvacay.com/ by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2014], Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:28:09 GMT" and every single click since 1 July 2017 takes you to rover.com...

We've never had to do step 2. To track the GMB listing when reached via Google Ads or shown in the map listing, simply add a tracking number to Advanced information > Google Ads location extensions phone. Works great.

We use tracking numbers in Google Ads quite frequently, both through our own system and using Call Rail. We haven't had a problem as long as we submit the phone number appearing on the website as an account call extension first. Once that is approved and verified, adding other numbers at the...

Websites aren't mentioned in the ADA - its left up to the courts to interpret what "compliant" means. First, the Jan 2018 Federal compliance requirements (see Overview of the Final Rule - United States Access Board) are not the only rules covering this issue. There are also a mishmash of...