Tag: Google My Business

It's important for local businesses to set holiday hours in their online business listings. Here's how to do it Google My Business, Yelp and Bing.

Review gating is now clearly against Google My Business guidelines. Here's what local business marketers should know to avoid Google review penalties.

Google My Business spammers can make your legitimate business listing rank lower. In this video tip, you'll learn how to remove these spammers and...

More people use voice search to find local businesses. Here is how to optimize for local business voice search on Alexa, Siri, Google and even Cortana.

Have any questions at all about Google My Business and how to optimize your local SEO? This free Office Hours session is your opportunity to get the answers you need from Joy Hawkins, one of the top Google My Business experts in the world. Learn about the latest Google updates, such as the new "follow" […]

Local marketers need to consider how their businesses perform in the ever-expanding world of voice search. “There’s nothing that’s going to disrupt marketing to the level that voice will since social media came in 2009,” says Gary Vaynerchuk, a forerunner in digital marketing and highly successful entrepreneur. That’s big stuff! Voice search is everywhere. Smart […]

Have you set up your Google My Business (GMB) for success? Watch for nine common GMB misakes that can impact customer experience and your bottom line.

Take a closer look at ThriveHive's latest tool, ThriveHive Grader. With the slew of new features Google has added to Google My Business in...

For a variety of reasons, you may want to hide your business address, but still rank well in local search. Maybe you're a service area business (landscaper, plumbing / HVAC, cleaning business, etc.) and don't want customers coming to your actual office. Maybe you're a home-based business and don't want your home address shown publicly […]

The new Google My Business Agency Dashboard was released back in June of this year to help agencies better organize and manage a large number of...