Introduction Historically, GMB users were free to decide whether or not to include an address with their business profile, as long as they did not violate the Guidelines. Google’s policies generally require you to create a listing that mirrors your business model. In July 2020, users started …
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Google My Business – Should I set a Physical Address or Service Area Business?
Google My Business - Should I set a Physical Address or Service Area Business? Introduction To GMB Service BusinessesService Area Businesses On The MapImpact on RankingsSetting A Service Area For A Business With A Physical Location Choosing whether to show or clear your address in Google My …
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Google My Business (GMB) Kansas Bug Solution
What is the Kansas Bug in Google My Business?How do you fix the Google My Business Kansas Bug??What if you run into an issue?Contact us for help. In September of 2020 there were two service area business bugs discovered. The first I discovered, was that when doing a GMB reinstatement that the …
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Google My Business (GMB) Terminology – Un-Official
Being a Product Expert for GMB, we get to hear all sorts of terminology. I found some quite interesting and really if you see how GMB phrases things it can open your eyes to how they internally function. I will keep this list up to date as I learn more. Working As IntendedLocal finder - local …
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Google My Business Adds New Workflow for Claiming and Review Chips
In an effort to bring more and more functionality to the Transparent Merchant Experience, GMB has now made it so if you are claiming a listing, instead of making you go to a whole new page, you are given a lightbox instead. The second update is that the "Sort by" section on reviews has been …
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Google My Business Adding Reinstatement Request To Contact Flow
On Oct 29th 2020 I noticed that the Google my Business get help contact form was showing redressal ID's in the form itself as you moved through the GMB support flow. I confirmed with Google that this was indeed a very limited experiment. When I saw this barry covered it on Search Engine Land and …
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