Local Search Forum
989 FOLLOWERS
Local Search is a forum for professionals, consultants, and business owners to learn everything that's going on currently in the local SEO & Google My Business world. Join the group and keep yourself updated with the upcoming event and announcements.
Local Search Forum
16h ago
Has anyone else seen their GBP posts deleted? I have 2 clients (that i noticed so far) where all their posts have been deleted. Not violating any rules or policies, they just deleted them all, but I didn't notice until I went in to make a post. Just wondered if anyone else noticed?
I tried emailing to see if it was a big but I got a rely saying they "didn't understand my request" HAHA ..read more
Local Search Forum
17h ago
Google is saying that there is a duplicate listing out there for one of my clients but I cannot find the other listing anywhere and nobody owns it.
Here is the listing we have confirmed - it has been around for a very long time
JR'S Lawn & Tree, LLC · 125 Lenzner Ct, Sewickley, PA 15143
âââââ · Tree service
maps.app.goo.gl
We just got the listing claimed and confirmed but they are saying that there is a duplicate listing out there that nobody on my team or on their staff has access to (That we know of of course)
Can...
Read more ..read more
Local Search Forum
18h ago
Hello,
I have a plumbing company that has a brick in mortar address but the location is not a desirable one to use in GMB since there are various other plumbing companies in the same location. Would it be a good idea to use their home address and hide it and just show them as a service area business? Also, if the home address is used, what NAP should be used in the websites and so on since it would be hidden would it matter to have the brick and mortar address on the website and the home...
Read more ..read more
Local Search Forum
18h ago
When I claim a profile, that has a rating of 3.7 and 1,155 reviews, it appears in the profile management tool but when i click on it the reviews and information and photos disappear. all that's left is the location, name and address.
It's not the first time this has happened.
Why is this happening and how can I fix it?
Thanks in advance ..read more
Local Search Forum
18h ago
I have a client that I am working with that has 80+ locations that they want added to GMaps but all of their individual emails are through Microsoft. I don't want to have to create a bunch of new Google emails for all of their locations or even create just one google account and apply for Bulk Verification because I don't even know if I can as a manager or if I would be able to compile information for all of those properties.
Can I just create the accounts with their Microsoft emails ..read more
Local Search Forum
1d ago
Hello
I recently noticed that four pages on my website have been deindexed. One of them is a brand page, the others are city pages. These pages were created using the canonical template employed across the website, yet each had at least 50% unique content. What could be the potential implications of this situation? Should I be concerned about the remaining pages? Is the whole website at stake? Do I need to resubmit pages ..read more
Local Search Forum
2d ago
Does anyone know of any active local SEO or general SEO meetup groups in Southern California? From Los Angeles to San Diego or anywhere in between.
Could be something more formal like BayAreaSearch or SEO IRL in Toronto or more informal like SEO Beers in Denver. Just looking to meet and learn from other people also interested in SEO in SoCal ..read more
Local Search Forum
2d ago
Hi folks,
In the past week, I've been running into an "Error 429" when selecting the "Get Verified" button on a GBP. This seems to be happening at random, and on different browsers as well. I searched the forum and found a similar post back in 2021 where this was happening. I reached out to GBP support, and they are looking into it.
Has anyone else run into this recently ..read more
Local Search Forum
2d ago
Hey everyone! Been a while since have been involved in local seo so i have no clue the best route to take on this. Someone is using our url in their google listing. We're not a local business, i believe there just trying to pull from the power of our domain to help the rankings? Not sure if that's a thing even.
Anywho, what is the best route to take to get it removed?
Thanks in advance. All the best ..read more
Local Search Forum
2d ago
We have a client that is insisting they want to add their legal name to their current verified GBP name. So it would be something like this
ABCD Inc(legal name), DBA Smith Cleaning(current GBP name)
THis is not allowed is it? I am almost positive it will knock it out of verification by adding that "ABCD Inc" to the beginning of the name ..read more