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The hospitality industry in the UK is currently struggling with staffing issues, which means you may not be able to open for a lunch service on a particular day. Updating your Google Business Profile on the day should be a priority. There is nothing worse for customers to arrive and the doors are closed. This […]
Update: Looks to be fixed as of 3pm – 22 Nov If you are in the medical space you may have noticed that one or all of your selected categories in your Google Business Profile has been removed. Joy Hawkins tweeted about this Nov 16th Dozens of healthcare categories have been removed from […]
Google My Business or Google Business Profiles are currently struggling with a reinstatement bug after a suspension, leaving users unable to request reinstatement. Reinstatement Bug This bug has been active for almost a month now and in my instances seems to kick in on weekends leaving businesses unable to file a reinstatement request. The […]
I recently took a foray into the Adult Industry for a local business in London and this vertical for Local SEO is beyond crazy, its totally insane. Before you switch to reading in incognito, this business is a registered Ltd company with accounts and VAT up to date (I did my moral diligence) and it […]
Its that time again and Google My Business has decided to rebrand to Google Business Profile, how many times is this now ? What has changed, well nothing really, apart from a few tweeks. Google My Business (GMB) = Google Business Profile (GBP) Google Listing = Google Profile Google Business Page = Business Profile […]
A hotels knowledge panel is generated via the hotels Google my Business profile, however unlike a non lodging category profile, there are limited items that a hotel can control directly within the GMB profile. So what can you control directly from profile? Hotels Knowledge Panel Hotel Image – Images can be controlled, […]
We already know that the address you used to verify your Google My Business listing is important when ranking within your selected services areas. You monitor your local positions, but do you monitor changes made in Google Maps? This story begins back in July 2019 after the Valentines Update when the County of Cheshire ceased […]
A search for Vacation Rentals in Google My Business will bring up loads of articles on how to set up a vacation rental profile in Google My Business, they all then go on to say, “at the time of writing this Vacation Rentals are against Google My Business Guidelines” I can see vacation rentals (holiday […]
Local Search is really catching up with Traditional Search Results where Google is working really hard to match user intent in the local pack, local finder and maps, which are generated from Google my Business profiles. (Yup – Google My Business now refers to listings / pages as profiles) What are Local Justifications? Justifications […]
The Google My Business Kansas bug has hit the UK, only Kansas is now Moffat in Scotland. This bug drops a Service Area Business into Moffat, Scotland instead of the businesses selected service area. What the Moffat Bug Looks Like Business appears in Moffat, Scotland This is a waste collection business, located in London […]
