Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Darren Shaw April 28, 2023

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

  • Bing Chat will be showing referrer analytics data.
  • Google sending texts to validate GBP.
  • Local search ranking factors survey results.
  • Do changes to my GBP impact local organic rankings?
  • Is there a way to reclaim a permanently closed listing?
  • How much weight does a website redirect hold on affecting local rankings?
  • Are there GBPs getting verified without any verification method?

Links from This Week’s Session