This is a NON Event! This non event is intended to ask Google to stop scraping 3rd party sites and injecting this spam into the businesses Google My Business page. It provides no value to users and is becoming ridiculous. You Can Do Better! Event: Stop Spamming Businesses Google #StopCrapOnTheMap Date: 1st April […]
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Hotel Affiliate Site Hijacking Hotels GMB Listings
Hotel Affiliate site tophotelsnearme.net is currently hijacking hotels Google My Business listings and replacing their official website URL with their own links. I was alerted to this by Craig Harkins and the #StopCrapOnTheMap hashtag that the Local SEO community uses to alert each other of local shenanigans. https://t.co/olTRsh3NE6 is suggesting edits to hotel GMB […]
Google Spamming Business Listings with Irrelevant Events
Mid October Google took the decision to open the floodgates on Events in appearing in the businesses knowledge panel and business listing. Events appearing in the Knowledge Panel have been in existence since 2016 and in order for the businesses event to appear in the knowledge panel, a businesses needed to provide Google with event […]
New Google My Business App Launched
Google My Business is currently rolling out the new “built from the ground up” Google My Business App, designed to allow merchants to work on the go. The layout is neater, clearer and contains three new tabs in the footer menu: Home Customers Profile Home Tab in GMB App This is your “landing page” […]
Understanding the 4 Types of Holiday Shoppers for Local Business
There’s nothing quite like the holiday shopping season. It’s both magical and maddening for consumers and business owners alike. Holiday shoppers come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and personalities. Some are old-school and only shop at local shops, some do all of their shopping online, and some do both. Some shop late, some shop […]
Google My Business Trusted Verifier (UK)
Online Ownership is please to announce that we are now a Google My Business Trusted Verifier. What is a Google Trusted Verifier? A Google Trusted Verifier is a trusted partner that is able to verify a Google Business Listing, whether this is an unclaimed listing or a newly created listing. Because these listing are […]
Restaurants Scramble to Remove 3rd Party Menu Sites from GMB Listings
There has been a recent scramble from restaurants wanting to remove 3rd party menus sites from their Google business listings. The reason for this uptake in restaurants asking how to remove these menu ordering sites is because Google started testing Post like Ads from the 3rd Party Menu Ordering sites into the restaurants local knowledge […]
How to Report & Remove Duplicate Google Business Listing
There are a number of reasons why a duplicate Google My Business listings appear, most often as a result of a well meaning employee creating a business page or when the business moved and the original business listing not being moved with a new one being created for the new location. No matter how they […]
Google Local Service Ads in the UK & What You Need To Know
Google Local Services Ads have been quietly updating their Google Ads Help resources with UK information which is a clear indication that Local Service Ads will be appearing somewhere soon in the UK. The signup page is still not displaying the UK as an available country, which indicates they are still on boarding the first […]
Anomalies Still in Google Business Listing Search Queries, but Getting better
At the beginning of July Google My Business started rolling our Search Queries within Insights. Reporting at the time my own search queries included some really bizarre search queries, other looked okay’ish with the very odd search query here and there. Allowing a couple of weeks to settle down I revisit my search queries and […]