Google Suggesting Off Target Service Categories

[bruce@brucejone]

In GMB I keep getting suggested sub categories of the internet marketing service that are way off the mark.
I have removed them at least 3 times now but they keep showing up again in a few weeks.
Weird huh?

 

[Phil Rozek]

@bruce@brucejone, yeah, there is something about certain GMB categories that Google seems to have a hard time categorizing, for no apparent reason. Here's the blended family I see in my GMB dashboard.

 

[Nikki Stine]

I'm seeing this a lot also. It wouldn't be so bad if you could remove them and that's the end of it. But I have a particular client where I am removing the same suggested services every other week. I probably have removed them half a dozen times. Not sure if Google will ever catch on.

 

[jlw]

I've had 3 clients have suggested services added to their accounts recently (1 locksmith, 1 HVAC, 1 marketing). I assume the marketing one got auto accepted after a while (the client wasn't getting back to me) as they are no longer showing as suggestions but the account is now suspended. Is this a new thing to crack down on spam accounts?

 

[NexstarNickR]

We are seeing very similar updates from Google over here with multiple clients. One had reviews locked, and we are thinking these updates (accepted or not) have something to do with it, but not sure. Overall we are seeing this as a non-isolated incident.