Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Profile, social media, email marketing, websites, online advertising and more.
This Week’s Updates and Questions
- You can now edit social media links in GBP.
- Google adds links to Search Generative Experience .
- Google shares SGE feedback and expands to Japan and India.
- Bug with photos for desktop users.
- How do I add new locations in my GBP?
- Is Google unverifying practitioner listings?
- Why can’t I add pictures to a Google Post?
- Why is the chat feature not showing up?
- How do I have multiple services on multiple location pages?
- When will Google roll out SGE to the general public?
- Is adding in information for auto-complete addresses in maps new?
- Is it an issue to have the same social media links for several different locations on separate GBPs?
- In the health care field, is it better to set up a listing as a practice or practitioner?
- How do you optimize secondary categories so that you rank for associated terms for “near me”?
- If I manage an AdWords account with disapproved ads, can that effect the GBP profiles that I manage with the same email?
- If a past client/lead contacts you through Local Service Ads and you are charged for it, are you able to dispute it with Google?
- Will email verification for SABs become more common?
- How do I access my GBP when it has been suspended for “suspicious activity”?
- Why does Google not show a positive review?
- How long does it take for a GBP listing marked as permanently closed to disappear from search results?
- Where do you add the social links on GBP?
