Recent content by SwitchBack

^^ I wonder if there is a niche market for this? Investigate, document and prove beyond "reasonable doubt" ... Yes, it's free to report, but we all know that some people just don't want to take the time to do all this work. They would rather have someone else do it. I'm willing to devote...

Hello Group. It's been a few months since I logged in. Work-Eat-Sleep has taken over my life. : ) Recently I was sitting at a local suburb and decided to run a query of towing companies in a higher income area... The spammy results were a little surprising due to the area. I guess no one...

the smart phone results are changing fast. The changes seem to fill up front page search results on page #1 with wiki content and video links... this in turn, leaves less room.. just enough for 3 map packs and probably 5 organic results. To put it simply, if you want to increase your revenue...

Hello there! I dropped in here to see if there was a discussion regarding the new GMB reporting form and did not see much mentioned about it. This New Webpage Form is the new route to report community violations I guess. Just rolled out yesterday. Can you imagine the size of that Inbox? :)...

Over the last years, changes are rolling out very quickly... I can't help but wonder if a platform for AI is being established. The first clue? The Wikipedia page almost always follows a search result... add a schema in there? Well its like it's a 3rd grade handbook for a growing learning...

Hello Everyone. I'm hoping to pick a few brains and help me see the obvious that I am missing here. I have chosen a large city different than my own for this analysis and wanted to see the patterns on rank success. Of course I have read all the how-to stuff and add great content, etc etc...

After weighing in on the amount of time to have a forensics investigation?? and probably nothing would ever happen? I decided to just make the edit and move on with life. I appreciate you looking after me. Thanks @BenFisher

I agree @Dan Foland A simple "verification response needed" sent to the gmail account would probably cut 90% of malicious intent. Hopefully someone can throw a suggestion at Google Dev Dept.

Thank you Ben. My opinion? in the long term picture, someone should have to login and leave an "edit signature". Document why the edit happened and verify the action with a google account with a new separate email reply confirmation... then on the backside? Google then knows who is doing...

I will try an get the GMB profile. but the way I used to grab the link was incognito mode which gives you a clean URL address for public... I'll find a way and post it here.

Hello everyone! I have been wondering why my phone has been silent in snowy winter... Turns out, Somebody edited the business listing so it shows that I do not officially open until NEXT YEAR. This explains everything ..... Obviously whomever did this has a Google account and the...

@Stefan Somborac You are the man! Thank you so much for your time to figure out the issue! After spending time with tech support, they determined that I needed a .ht access file to force everything to https. I found one and added that code. Hopefully this fixed the issues as your...

Hello. First, I will admit I'm a rookie self serve web guy who probably should have not even messed with going to https. I don't have a checkout cart, it's a service business, so I probably should have not messed with it... Here's the thing. Most analysis sites say I have 90% duplicate...

I heard a few rumors about wonderful reviews mysteriously disappearing just as soon as you declined the premium monthly payments. I'm not going to bash on Yelp, but yes the temptation is out there. After all, Yelp is solely based on reviews. If people aren't reviewing, then the businesses will...

Hello Group. I am a small business guy who is always learning, searching, exploring the web. Naturally, we have all bumped into Yext and a list of all these small directories that list your NAP. In my case? When i try to edit this info on YP dot com or Yext, I always get redirected to sign...