Guidelines for representing your business on Google - Google My Business Help - 0 views
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Publicly-facing departments that operate as distinct entities should have their own page. The exact name of each department must be different from that of the main business and that of other departments. Typically such departments have a separate customer entrance and should each have distinct categories.
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Including unnecessary information in your business name is not permitted, and could result in your listing being suspended
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Google can also detect category information from your website and from mentions about your business throughout the web.
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Google's new Small Business Advisors program aims to help SMBs grow - 1 views
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the company says this is not an enhanced version of Google support – although many may be tempted to see it that way. Support, Google says, is intended for troubleshooting around discrete problems, such as reinstatement or merger of duplicate listings.
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The program cannot be used for real-time GMB verification.
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anywhere from between 60% to 70% of SMBs don’t work with marketing agencies and are trying to manage digital marketing in house.
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Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT? - 0 views
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This change is about ranking, rather than indexing per say.
Location Data + Reviews: The 1-2 Punch of Local SEO (Updated for 2020) - Moz - 0 views
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If Google cares this much about ratings, review text, responses, and emerging elements like place topics and attributes, any local brand you’re marketing should see these factors as a priority.
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In 2017, when I wrote the original version of this post, contributors to the Local Search Ranking Factors survey placed Google star ratings down at #24 in terms of local rankings influence. In 2020, this metric has jumped up to spot #8 — a leap of 16 spots in just three years.
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local SEOs have noticed patterns over the years like searches with the format of “best X in city” (e.g. best burrito in Dallas) appearing to default to local results made up of businesses that have earned a minimum average of four stars.
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Hijacked Google My Business Listings On The Rise - Local University - 0 views
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The increase in this type of spam likely explains why we’re also seeing an increase in the number of suspensions.
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it’s a very good idea not to have tons of managers on your Google My Business listing. Having more users increases the likeliness that one of them could accidentally click it and give an unauthorized party control of your business listing.
Google My Business Listing Suspended? Here's How to Recover - 0 views
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Google My Business suspension is when your GMB listing is no longer visible on Google and Google Maps or you have lost control of your listing (your business listing is essentially “unverified” and you can’t manage it.)You will know that your listing has been suspended when you see this notification in your GMB dashboard:
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If that person is “trusted” enough by Google, it is possible that their suggestion to remove the business listing or make negative edits could take effect almost immediately.
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A hard suspension is when you do a search for your company’s name and city and your Knowledge Panel doesn’t show up online
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GMB Suspending Listings for Making Single Edits to Profiles - Local University - 0 views
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We were able to get the listing reinstated a few weeks later after going through the process of proving the location is real, providing photos, videos, and showing staff members at the location.
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she has noticed listings which get suspended when several fields are updated at once
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GMB suspensions are a bit insane right now. I’m hearing stories of people making a single edit and causing a suspension
Why You Should Embed a Google Map on Your Website - Sterling Sky Inc - 0 views
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There are a few main reasons to add a Google map to your website: It helps customers or website visitors get directions to your business and saves customers the steps of opening a new browser window, leaving your website, and finding directions. Customers can simply use the map on your website. Your business contact information is easy to find. The data an embedded Google Map provides is your business address, phone number, website, directions, reviews, and review stars. A Google map can highlight nearby points of interest, parking areas, restaurants, theaters, parks, etc. Visitors can reference nearby areas if they are not exactly sure where your business is located.
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"There are a few main reasons to add a Google map to your website: It helps customers or website visitors get directions to your business and saves customers the steps of opening a new browser window, leaving your website, and finding directions. Customers can simply use the map on your website. Your business contact information is easy to find. The data an embedded Google Map provides is your business address, phone number, website, directions, reviews, and review stars. A Google map can highlight nearby points of interest, parking areas, restaurants, theaters, parks, etc. Visitors can reference nearby areas if they are not exactly sure where your business is located."
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