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 […]
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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 […]
How to Add a UTM Tracking Code to your Google Business Page
A UTM code is an additional string of code that you add to a URL in order to track the source, medium and campaign that produced a visit to your website. Do not get freaked out by the use of the word “code”, it does not require any developer knowledge, anyone that can copy and […]
How Google Exploits the Hospitality Industry for Profit
The hospitality industry is being exploited by Google for their own profit. To be clear this article is not about regular search results where thousands of pages compete in an algorithmic mash up, this is for the actual brand or name search of the business and the associated Google business listing that the hotel manages […]
Search Queries Launched in Google Business Page Insights
This has been an insights request from business users to Google My Business for quite some time, and finally Google My Business is rolling out search queries in Google My Business Dashboards. Search Queries are what people searched to find your business listing and clicked through to your website. Search Queries in Insights Current […]
Small Business in Leeds Going Out of Business Because of Google
This Small Business in Leeds is Going Out of Business Because of Google, is not clickbait, its not sensationalist, it is the very scary truth of how Google’s inability to manage negative review attacks on a Google Business Listing is leading to the closure of a small business in Leeds. For those of you that […]
Why Setting your Service Area Radius Over 50 miles is Pointless
Google My Business allows businesses that “serve customers at the customers location” to select a service area radius on their Google business listing. This service area radius defines how far you provide that service from your business location. Typically a service area business works within a 50 mile radius, and some may even serve up […]
Reporting Third Party Scammers / Agencies on Google My Business
Today Google My Business announced that they are actively taking action against rouge Third Party Agencies and have created a specific reporting tool. The announcement today also includes the amazing news to all restaurants out there that have been plagued by BeyondMenu (Point Break Media, LLC ). What a Typical GMB Scam by Third […]
Google My Business Payday Loans that Could Cost You Your Home
Remember the hoo haa over payday loans back in 2014, it got so bad that Google created its own algorithm to specifically deal with PayDay Loan spam and scam sites. Having a quick look at a payday loan search result, it would seem that this is still in place and only sites regulated by the […]
How to Get Small Thanks with Google Posters, Images for ALL Google Listings
If you are outside of the US or a Service Area Business listing you will have realised that Google does not allow you to generate the marketing material (Print and share your favourite reviews as custom posters, personalised videos, social images, table tents and more) with the Small Thanks with Google Tool. That is until […]