BSDChicago
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- Aug 22, 2023
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I've been running a service business for over 5 years now. For the first 4.5 years business was doing very well in my previous location, until I decided I wanted to live at a new address. As an SAB, I was unknowingly grandfathered in and had a pin on Google up until my move. Last June, I arrive at my new home, and go to update everything on Google. I now have to be listed as an SAB, which in theory shouldn't be a problem, IF I didn't have 10+ competitors operating out of their homes with a pin.
It's been a year now since my move. I got hit with the SAB move bug twice last year. Now, I find myself completely unable to rank to against my competitors who a) some don't have websites, b) some don't have phone numbers, c) can't spell correctly on their GBPs, d) have little to no reviews. I've spent a year combing through everything I can think on my website, social media, removing old citations, etc. I've tried editing competitors, submitting redressals with proof consisting of: pictures of houses, links to fake reviews, proof of keyword stuffing, and proof that the businesses don't exist according to state business records. NONE of my competitors have been successfully edited or updated. I hand out cards to everyone, I try my hardest to network, I ask for reviews. I can't afford the thousands of dollars a month for a warehouse or office or building to slap my business name on.
I use Localfalcon to monitor my rankings and while I was never ranking #1, over the course of the last month or so my rankings have been slowly falling to the 20+ position. I keep my GBP, social media, and website updated.
Sorry for the rant, but there has to be SOMETHING I can do right? The only thing I have on my to-do list is possibly having Whitespark, Brightlocal, Semrush, etc. build me 400 new citations but I can't see how having a citation on illinoisbusinesses.xyz would help my case.
It's been a year now since my move. I got hit with the SAB move bug twice last year. Now, I find myself completely unable to rank to against my competitors who a) some don't have websites, b) some don't have phone numbers, c) can't spell correctly on their GBPs, d) have little to no reviews. I've spent a year combing through everything I can think on my website, social media, removing old citations, etc. I've tried editing competitors, submitting redressals with proof consisting of: pictures of houses, links to fake reviews, proof of keyword stuffing, and proof that the businesses don't exist according to state business records. NONE of my competitors have been successfully edited or updated. I hand out cards to everyone, I try my hardest to network, I ask for reviews. I can't afford the thousands of dollars a month for a warehouse or office or building to slap my business name on.
I use Localfalcon to monitor my rankings and while I was never ranking #1, over the course of the last month or so my rankings have been slowly falling to the 20+ position. I keep my GBP, social media, and website updated.
Sorry for the rant, but there has to be SOMETHING I can do right? The only thing I have on my to-do list is possibly having Whitespark, Brightlocal, Semrush, etc. build me 400 new citations but I can't see how having a citation on illinoisbusinesses.xyz would help my case.