I am not going to sugar coat the last few months under lock down and COVID, it has been bloody tough. I have also been quite shocked at how other marketers have been unable to adapt to the COVID challenge that businesses faced and still continue to try and push the same old techniques: Rank […]
Google My Business pulled out all the stops to get Dine-In attributes working correctly and expanded to all food and drink categories. Edit / Check / Update Your Attribute Go to the Info section within your GMB profile and click the edit pencil next to Accessibility Scroll to the bottom where it […]
Update The Dine-in attribute has been expanded to all food and drink categories. In order to edit this: Go to the Info section within your GMB profile and click the edit pencil next to Accessibility Scroll to the bottom where it says ‘Service Options’. Do not rely on the search box. You will see […]
This is a timely reminder to hotels to check for any new updates to their attributes in Google My Business. Attribute Updates Updates are available across all sections: Internet Food and drink Policies & payments Activities Services Children Pools Parking & transport Wellness Accessibility Business & events Pets Some New Features Ability […]
Verification is probably one of the largest issues that I deal with as a Google my Business Product Expert. What should be a relatively pain free process of creating or claiming to verifying a business listing can often come off the rails when something happens within the process of verifying the listing. Most problems regarding […]
There are occasions when you need to make an edit to a closed Google My Business listing. With a closed business listing you have to mark the listing as OPEN – wait for this to be applied (if at all) then suggest the edit, wait for it to be approved (normal system process) – then […]
The hotel industry is being decimated currently during COVID-19 and its high time the hotel industry purges themselves of Google and Online Travel Agents (OTA). Well, okay not so much Google but if they organised themselves they could give Google a spanking it will not forget for their treatment by Google during this unprecedented time. […]
C’mon Google My Business, its high time you allow Hotels to use Google Posts in this time of COVID-19 where quarantined guests need information more then ever. There are currently hundreds of thousands of people quarantined inside hotels and Google is still resisting enabling of Google Posts for hotels, you can see what they restrict […]
If you are or have a service area business and have not recovered from the local valentines algo massacre, you might want to take a look at your service areas selected. **Note: This business has been in position 1 and 2 consistently over the past two years, it has not been a recent increase. This […]
Consumers and Businesses in the UK are facing a massive threat from Fake Google Business Listings being created on mass at the moment. The UK does have fake ‘Lead Gen’ businesses, but the sheer scale of this new threat is staggering, by the time I have checked and added 20 listings to my escalation sheet, […]
I am not going to sugar coat the last few months under lock down and COVID, it has been bloody tough. I have also been quite shocked at how other marketers have been unable to adapt to the COVID challenge that businesses faced and still continue to try and push the same old techniques: Rank […]
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