Recent content by WesM

Hi Jaimie, This is so odd and another user this week has experienced the same. I'm nearly certain Colan will encourage you to post and share the details at the official GBP Forum, which as a Product Expert, he can more easily assist with possibly being able to raise attention with Google. Stuff...

Hey Rich - Yep, it's normal. I've been making a ton of listings for some clients who expanded recently and it's been really easy to get them verified. There is also the email option too, which I've had to use a time or two simply to receive the pin code when the phone option failed to trigger...

I DMed you and I look forward to helping you get these guys off the map pro bono. :)

So you're looking for the Arithmetic Mean, which is essentially this: 311 reviews with a score of 4.8 or 1,493 actual points awarded to your brand out of 1,555 possible (311x5). In the below formula, X is going to be the number of reviews we need to achieve the desired 4.9 overall average...

Let me know your existing review count, what your current average is, and what your desired average is, and I'll do the math real quick on my end. I can't think of an effective and easy way to explain the math here, but am happy to do it for ya.

Thanks for sharing this, @djbaxter - I hadn't seen this one and I like to keep current on these types of legal cases.

Hey JRS, Professor M seems to have satisfied your question, I simply wanted to share the following link for bookmarking to help you in the future when building UTMs. It's from Google Dev and really helpful. I usually only fill out the asterisks fields, so Website URL, Campaign Source, Medium...

I believe both routes can work, it just so happens most of us are firmly rooted in one camp or another. I come from the methodology that links shouldn't be paid for unless they are in relation to supporting/sponsoring an organization/event/program/cause or are part of a featured listing on a...

Hi, So I know Battle Creek is about 2 hours away from you, but it's the only association I can find that mentions your brand name and notary in search. If you search "notary" + "Family Fare Supermarket" on Google you'll see that PakMail lists the following: They're using the brand name as...

I'm doing some spam reporting and I noticed that the GMB Redressal Form now has the below banner announcement. It states GMB will be delayed in reviewing reported listings due to a skeleton crew for COVID-19 precautions. Wonder what kind of average turnaround we'll see in the near future?

I'm with Amanda is believing they serve different purposes and both should be desireable and considered wins. I treat high-quality links from general sites as great boosts for overall DA and it's my opinion they help with organic search. These are the ones I'll place a client on in the 70+ DA...

Hi, Initially, I wrote that I couldn't recreate what you're seeing on my end, but I was just able to. It seems, at least for me, GMB listings that were created quite some time ago do not have this option. However, GMB listings we've made recently do. Most likely it's a beta rollout or similar...

Hey, @seoisgreat, There are a couple of reasons that link builders will make profiles on job boards, and they are: They actually are hiring (but that's probably minimal) They want to secure some natural-looking no-follow links from HQ sites. Keep in mind that having no-follow and follow...

Hi, @BWrightTLM. Sorry for my delay in reply. I just wanted to let you know that Google's team will NOT notify you either way from a redressal form. You'll have to manually check in on the listing to see if anything has happened. As a heads up, we're regularly seeing reported listings go...

Hi, @BWrightTLM - The redressal form works well, it's just a matter of Google's backlog (delay) and the circumstances of the listing that's being reported. It's recommended you provide all the details in the notes section of the form, as many people experience lackadaisical results, which is...