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Thanks for your response. Actually I was more confused by "in line search editing."

We've seen an increase in capricious suspensions. We haven't had it happen specifically for adding the opening date, but we've had it happen in some cases simply when entering a verification code or making a minor edit. It appears that Google's algorithm for detecting suspicious activity is very...

It seems that you might be asking about using them on pages that are also indexed, because of the line you put in boldface when you quoted @Tim Kahlert and you said that you are inserting them into all the pages of your site. If that's correct, then my response would be that I normally do use...

Forgive my ignorance here, Mike, but what are you referring to? (I'm not familiar with this terminology.)

This may have been covered but I couldn't find the thread... I just noticed that one of my logins with multiple GMB accounts has changed the navbar from Add Location and Manage Locations to Add Businesses and Manage Businesses. I wonder if this is a global terminology change that is rolling out...

I agree; I'd rather they work on other stuff too :)

Thanks for the observation, Joy. I agree with you about it having a minor impact. As usual I'm in a tiny minority swimming the wrong way. I only use FF on my mobile, but that's just me :-` Still, it's odd that the browsers would behave differently in that respect. I was dealing with it while...

When I do a search on my Android device for a business using Firefox and try to navigate to their listing, it seems to never actually bring the listing up. You know how you'll see the tabs for "Serrvices" "Products" etc. when you are viewing the listing on Chrome? I can't find a way to access...

Re: Google Business Forum: Moving to New Google Advertiser Community & New Platform Sounds exciting Linda. Forgive my ignorance, but how does the transition work? Do we just use the same credentials, will the community just show up at the AdWords community link you shared in the post?

Linda, I've submitted this request for several clients weeks ago and not a single one has been upgraded to the new dashboard. Grrrrrrr.

Obviously something I need to learn quickly. (Very interested in your training, Linda) If the client I've been working on falls out of organic it will be a very bad scene. I felt obliged to verify their place page because they had none and their address was being mapped incorrectly. But now...

Wow. That's a grim statistic ;) Perhaps just a tad understated.

I haven't been able to find any recent hard data (as in tied to a study somewhere, not tied to what you or your client seems to notice) about pure organic click through rates vs. Local CTR's. Anyone have any links to share?

Ok, fair enough. I'm interested in your training and I just messaged you about it. Let me know.

Thanks for the responses Linda and Marie. This helps clarify things, although it leaves me with something of a dilemma for my client (the example here is not my client, btw). My client is in a different large metro market and is ranking in the top 3 for organic but hasn't had a presence in...