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I have explored this topic extensively trying many different strategies and tactics. I have come to the conclusion that there is no fix for an existing listing. The only solution is to make a new GBP and then ask support to move your reviews. The steps are outlined in this post from Sterling...

Can confirm that Yelp charges platforms WAY more for listings management via API than any other site on the internet and listings platform have to bake that into their total price or charge it as an add-on fee. We manage Yelp via community edits to add, edit, and remove listings. In other...

Exact matching isn’t important anymore. Google has no problem with partial match these days, so if the only thing that changed was the name, and the phone, address, and web stayed the same, then that work will have had zero impact. It wasn’t hurting you before, and you should expect no ranking...

Yeah, I saw that other business when searching, and it made me wonder if Google is confusing the two businesses.

I usually see this when a website is blocking crawling via robots.txt or a "meta noindex" tag, but that does not appear to be the case here. The next thing I would check is malware, but you look all clear there as well: The NEXT thing I would do is try to submit the edit with an owner...

Unfortunately, no, there is no setting to adjust the order. It appears to be ordered by which photos get the most views and engagement, though, so it would be an interesting experiment to try to manipulate that to get the order you want.

Hi John. I would expect every rank tracker to report different results, and I would expect you to see different results any time you manually search. This is because Google's results are changing all the time, and they vary significantly based on so many factors: - Device - Browser - Location -...

I just checked a handful of Google Business Profiles I manage and none of them are seeing a pattern like this, so I think it may be something specific to this Profile. One thought: did you have the driving directions/map embedded on the site and then it was removed?

I mean, we might be just a little biased, but when I compare what we're building with what's out there, I feel confident standing behind that statement! 😄

I'd love for you to check out Whitespark's grid ranking tool when we launch it, @Cuoreimpavido. Whitespark Local Ranking Grids Waitlist - Get Notified When we Launch!

If you are comparing Whitespark and local falcon and trying to determine which one is “correct”, then location is probably the biggest factor. In Whitespark you would set the location to a zip code, whereas in local falcon you would be looking at rankings at specific points, and they are...

Darren here from Whitespark. There is no "truth" in ranking data. You can set up 5 different tools and then also check your results manually and you can see 6 different results. This is because rankings are in constant fluctuation and because the results that Google returns vary by so many...

I tried that same template, and I couldn't get the GBPs connected. Support wasn't responsive. I gave up. It's too bad, because the layout and design is excellent.

Our Local Platform does this. You set up one location with the categories/services you want, and then you push those same settings in bulk to the rest of the locations. https://whitespark.ca/local-platform/ And you can discuss with our support team if you want to lock these fields from Google...

Many people will assume that their rank tracker is inaccurate because they compare the results with what they see when they search in an incognito browser. That doesn't work. The problem is that Google's rankings are in massive flux these days and will be completely different based on many...