Google My Business, (previously known as Google Business Listings) is a free directory-like service that allows business owners to list their business, and have it show up on Google Maps, and in local search results for searches. Over the years, the amount of real estate that’s been taken up by ads and local business listings […]
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Up until recently, the Google My Business (formerly known as Google Business Listings) dashboard only showed your address when you went to edit it, and not a map showing where they believed that address to be. It looks like that’s busy changing now, with several users reporting that they are seeing a visual representation of […]
Google My Business has been a valuable resource for some time, allowing you to put information and images about your business into Google, which can display in Google maps, or in the Google Local Results pack. Back in 2016 though, Google removed one of the features from “My Business,” namely the ability to edit your […]
Google My Business listings offer a great way of getting users to your site, and even directly to your business. But as an almost entirely automated system, there is a lot that can go wrong with them, and they can be difficult to fix. The most common problems are duplicate listings, or incorrect information. The […]
According to a recent report, Google, in conjunction with computer scientists at UCLA San Diego are working on identifying and removing fake business listings on Google Maps. Since Google Maps results are based on your location, online scammers have been gaming the system by registering fake companies on the service. According to their estimates, more […]
Search engine optimisation has always been one of the most contentious, and contended, aspects of online marketing. There was a time, not all that many years ago, when ranking highly in search engine results was pretty much entirely a matter of getting a whole bunch of links pointing back to your site. What those links […]
In the wake of a recent announcement by Google that they would be removing Google My Business listings that were unverified, or which had no activity, we’ve seen a few of our clients lose their Google My Business listings. As a result, we just wanted to remind you that it’s essential to make sure that […]
