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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 […]
Menu Highlight justifications have been appearing in the local pack for a while now, but how do you manage or take advantage of these justifications appearing when a user searches for a particular type of dish. Menu Highlights Menu highlights come from images of dishes that have been named / labelled. You cannot […]
So Local Service Ads (Google Guaranteed) are up and running in the UK now and my first observations are not great at all! Note: This is the first roll out, so things may improve. Expectations vs Reality on Local Service Ads Local Service Ads were initially intended to reduce spam businesses operating in Google […]
Businesses trying to verify their Google My Business Listing in Dubai / UAE typically experience issues with the delivery of verification postcard because businesses mainly use PO Boxes instead of physical address for mail. Google My Business did test a PO Box section for UAE / Dubai businesses, however this has been removed due to […]
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Once again Google is forcing unverified and incorrect menu information direct into restaurants Google My Business listings. There is a long history going back years with Singleplatform being used by Google My Business, originally added as a menu link, ordering and now injecting their Menu direct into a restaurants Menu Tab. In every complaint I […]
There is a growing problem with the Menu Tab disappearing in restaurants Google My Business dashboards. This issue first appeared mid May with users noticing that their Menu displayed in mobile devises where incorrect and how to update them. Since then this Menu Bug has grown into a variety of issues: Menu tab is […]
