Recent content by Tony Wang

Thanks @ElizabethRule . This temp situation should only last 6 months or so, and I don't think the business is willing to add signage, etc for such a short time. They floated the idea of leaving the old address on GBP; what do you think would happen if Google figures it out? I can't imagine...

You may need to post on the Google help forum and hope an expert can help get a reconsideration. but I'm curious as to why you went SAB if you have a commercial space? Assuming you have good reasons for wanting to stick with the SAB/home address, is that address the actual, legal business...

If it's closed only for 10 days, I would definitely use the special days setting instead of marking temporarily closed. From a user perspective, "temporary" is very indeterminate and casts uncertainty; are they really coming back? When? But knowing it's only closed for x-days lets me know...

I agree that testing is the only way to know for sure, as well as checking the search volumes, etc. But the biggest reason for using your home page is that usually the home page has most of the links, so it's the strongest page, which will boost your GBP. I think most people clicking to your...

According to the guidelines, you can have "up to 20 service areas". Whether you'll get penalized is another matter. But as mentioned above, there's no advantage to listing more anyway.

Client has 2 distinct businesses, general dentist office and TMJ office, separate locations. Both are moving to a new combined location next year, but the TMJ office has to move into the current dentist office for about 6 months. Seems like it may be a headache because there won't be any...

That GBP insight show that you're profile is showing up for those search queries. Which means that when people are searching for the competitor's name, your profile is showing up more frequently. Sounds like your SEO is working!

Yeah, I noticed it last week, too. A little unnerving at first, but then figured it was just a bug. Otherwise, that message about "no other places" doesn't make sense, they should just not have any clickable arrow at all.

@keyserholiday can't wait to see it!

Yeah, spammy and scammy. Unfortunately it's all over the place in the home services industries. Check out garage door repair.

Ha, guess I missed that. I'm pretty sure I've never seen it before, but maybe I'm just getting old :-(

Just saw this for the first time and can't repeat it, so may be an experiment. I saw, from the top of page downards: LSA, 2 Ads, AIO, local pack, 2 organic listings, 2 ads, 7 organic listings. Wow, ranking 3-9 organic now puts you at the very bottom of a pretty long page!

One of the more common changes is for hvac, changing between heating and ac repair each season. I've done it many times in the past, but I have to admit, I now hesitate greatly. I'd be curious to hear of any uptick in suspensions like this.

Can you provide more details? Are these all businesses with actual physical offices where customers can visit? Painters, for example, are typically service area businesses with no actual storefront, which means they should hide the address. As for 5 locations, are they separately...

Microsoft is a quick and nimble company, and highly committed to great customer experience. They will have everything sorted out in no time. :ROFLMAO: