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A Bug in Google Has Taken Down the Google My Business Suspension Reinstatement Request Form

Local SEO | July 18, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

UPDATE: Sometime this past weekend the Resintatement Request form came back online. According to Local SEOs it was likely down for around 48 hours. We verified at 10:00 AM Central time that the form was indeed functioning. Screenshot below shows the form as we saw it on Monday the 22nd of July 2019 at 10am. […]

Google My Business Might Suspend Your Listing if You Create a Short Name

Local SEO | July 10, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

In what appears to be a bug, Google My Business might be suspending accounts. The issue was first reported in a private SEO group on Facebook by local SEO Mike Friedman. A screenshot of Mike’s post was taken by Joe Youngblood and posted to Twitter where it went about as viral as a post about […]

An Official Survey Shows That Google My Business Wants to Charge For Some Features

Local SEO | April 27, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

In Brief A local SEO found a survey from Google My Business (Google’s local platform) and took it Google My Business appears to want to charge users between $20-$90 usd per month You can take the survey: CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY Other local SEO’s are taking the survey and posting their thoughts and […]

Google My Business is Adding a Random New Category to Business Profiles

Local SEO | April 23, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Local SEO’s have spotted Google My Business adding a random new category to business profiles today called “POI Establishment”. The issue appears to have first been spotted by Tim Colling over on the Local Search Forum. No one is certain what this means and there is no word from Google on why it is happening. […]

Google is Deindexing Websites Without Any Known Reason. Here’s How to Fix It

Local SEO, Technical SEO | April 5, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Update: Google Employee John Mueller posted on Twitter a few minutes ago saying Google has discovered this was a technical error on their part and are working to fix it. Dozens of webmasters have been reporting something very disturbing, that Google is deindexing the homepage of their website or worse, multiple pages on their websites. […]

If you get a letter from Web Host Agents, it is a scam, throw it away

Web Hosting | April 2, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

No, you most likely do not owe a company called Web Host Agents any money. The letters have been hitting mailboxes of small business owners in the US lately and have riled up some SEO experts. The letters are laid out like a utility bill but state in bold letters sandwiched in a lengthy paragraph […]

A Real Estate Investor Printed Up Unique Signs For Marketing, But Forgot To Buy the Domain Name

Local SEO | January 15, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Sugarrae Hoffman (aka Rae Dolan) is one of the most renowned SEOs in the world, or at least she was until she walked away from the world of ranking websites in Google and decided to become a real estate agent & investor in Katy, TX – a suburb just north of Houston. Today she posted […]

Chrome Begins Marking HTTP Local Websites As “Not Secure” Today

Technical SEO | July 24, 2018 | Local SEO Pro

The engine under of the hood of the internet is changing. Websites have steadily migrated from HTTP to HTTPS. There are numerous benefits for this switch, which we’ll cover in this article. In addition to the benefits, there is now a factor of negative reinforcement to get websites to switch over to HTTPS. Google’s Chrome […]

Google’s Pending Speed Update Will Reward Faster Sites

Technical SEO | July 2, 2018 | Local SEO Pro

Is your website optimized for speed? I hope the answer is “yes” because website loading speed is a factor in how well your site ranks in search engines. Now, Google is rolling out a new speed update that will allow faster websites to rank even higher. Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Roundtable provided some insightful […]

Google is Removing Anonymous Reviews

Local SEO | June 21, 2018 | Local SEO Pro

Reviews can make or break a business. Negative reviews will influence people to avoid the business. On the other hand, positive reviews will encourage people to become customers or clients. In the past, you used to be able to leave reviews anonymously as an “A Google User”. That has recently ended. As a matter of […]

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