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How drastic is the name change going to be? If it's not a huge change then it may go unnoticed at which point reviews may be retained. If it's a massive change, then you are right that the guidelines state you will most likely lose reviews. Doesn't seem like anything you can change your...

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Depends on the type of business. If you are a local store in XYZ town, and customers search for "[your product] + ABC town" then there is no reason for Google to show users your business. The intent of the user is to find something near them, and if there are other businesses who provided the...

Takes a bit of research. Do you have a Wikipedia page? If so, does the Wikipedia pages content match your KP? I have some degree of certainty that Google is getting the KP description for MS from Wikipedia: If you don't have a Wikipedia page, does your site have Organization schema markup...

I think they care more about getting your person data when you sign up for the account and the ability to track you across other Google products than they do getting a review on their platform for a local business they don't own but they aren't evil right?

Do you own the Knowledge Panel? If you can't make direct edits, can you tell where the KP is sourcing it's data from? If it looks like it's coming from Wikipedia, has that page been updated with your new CEO yet?

Do you have [department] schema markup on your website denoting the starbucks and bbq sections of your business?

Did you do it on your desktop device or mobile device? If using your desktop, and performing a localized query, Google is going to use the geocoordinates of the center of the city as the location of the search. On a mobile device: "shoe stores in ontarrio" is going to try and show me business...

The blog you are trying to index is a HTTPS url and you are looking an HTTP version of the domain. In Google's eyes your HTTP and HTTPS versions of your site are separate properties. You need to verify the HTTPS version of your site and index it from there. On that same note, if all of your...

You don't submit URLs to be indexed by adding properties. From your screenshot it looks like you selected an option to add a new domain to your GSC account, which is what Google calls a property. If you want to submit a URL for indexation just inspect the specific address using the search bar...

This is a good clarification. In Google's eyes (particularly for larger sites) it's not so much the content that's on the homepage as it is the content that's on the page the GMB listing is pointing to. Of course on smaller sites (just a handful of pages) the content on the homepage is going...

Of course. You are correct that it's going to give them wider visibility but most likely just for the local term that they are using in the business title. If they are using "Tom's HVAC Company Springfield" they they are going to rank really well top level local searches like 'hvac in...

I don't see any reason they would do that, the results in the local pack and the results in the organic listings offer options for users with two different intents. The reason they deduped (or are trying to) listings on page 1 that have a featured snippet is because there would be redundancy...

Of course having the city name in the business title is going to help! But you risk getting marked as spam if it doesn't match what your business uses on signage, letters, or is legally registered as. In your industry the spams seems to get by with a pass if it's not too egregious. Proximity...

I've taken a look at the SERPs and found both your locations. When I perform the search "seo agency cleveland" from here in Arizona, neither of your locations are showing up on the first page of the map results. I do see one of your listings on the first page of the organic results, which is...