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How often do you post on your GMB listing?
And do you think it's possible to post too often on GMB?
And do you think it's possible to post too often on GMB?
I've found a program that lets me schedule GMB posts which is AWESOME. Although it only schedules as an 'update' and you don't have the option to select which style of post you want. I compile our customer photos from the previous month and schedule them out to post once a day for the next month. The general public doesn't know if they bought the car today or a month ago. I just like the convenience/time management of scheduling out content for GMB.
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Pros and cons for this, please.
Is it vital for Local to make a GMB business site or is it something that is not recommended?
Is it vital for Local to make a GMB business site or is it something that is not recommended?
In my opinion you don't need one if you have a 'real' website, but it can't hurt. You can put your GMB posts on there, a map etc. Just make sure your GMB website link is to your real website instead of the free Google one.
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I've wondered this - never gone for it. I have a new site and a new GMB - I just turned it on. I also might do this for another established listing. Let's see!
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I think for local business it’s a must. I saw some study that 78% of local business is found on GMB/maps and only 22% through organic section. Plus nowadays voice is getting bigger (saw another study showing that 55% is found through voice (Siri/spotlight 37%, google assistant 36%, than Bing/Cortana , then Alexa/Amazon). Those voice searches show primarily map, local oriented results, not from organic. Both trends looks like will continue, meaning GMB/Apple Maps/bing Maps/Yelp/Yahoo-Yext will play more significant role in how ppl find local businesses
Hello everyone,i am happy to be here and need your help:
I noticed that many of our competitors in the construction business , add keywords such as city name or county name to their legal name on the GMB TITLE, (Ex: Elite Roofers inc - Montreal). They will have multiple locations with their business and surrounding town names in the title and sometimes even a whole phrase such as: Elite roofers - Roof expert in Montreal .
1. Is that allowed?
2. Does it help with ranking or GMB SEO?
3. Can I add different city name to the title of each of my locations?
Please help with your experience and advice
I noticed that many of our competitors in the construction business , add keywords such as city name or county name to their legal name on the GMB TITLE, (Ex: Elite Roofers inc - Montreal). They will have multiple locations with their business and surrounding town names in the title and sometimes even a whole phrase such as: Elite roofers - Roof expert in Montreal .
1. Is that allowed?
2. Does it help with ranking or GMB SEO?
3. Can I add different city name to the title of each of my locations?
Please help with your experience and advice
Thank you for your comments, i took notes. I have 2 more questions:
1, Does a dba concidered spammy? what if each location has a rgistered dba?
2, Do you recommande that all my locations (5) will be on the same google account? or should i divide under different accounts?
3, 5 different phone numbers (one for each location, ) do they all have to be on the website?
1, Does a dba concidered spammy? what if each location has a rgistered dba?
2, Do you recommande that all my locations (5) will be on the same google account? or should i divide under different accounts?
3, 5 different phone numbers (one for each location, ) do they all have to be on the website?
1. Don't think so
2. No, just to change addresses and phone numbers for each of them. Use tags and business codes to sort them.
3. If each location have own phone number yes! As many details you give to google as much you will be on top.
Don't forget to answer to all your customers reviews! Yes ALL!
2. No, just to change addresses and phone numbers for each of them. Use tags and business codes to sort them.
3. If each location have own phone number yes! As many details you give to google as much you will be on top.
Don't forget to answer to all your customers reviews! Yes ALL!
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Curious to hear what people think about this.
Everyone basically agrees that backlinks to your website help the website's ranking, but there are varying answers about whether backlinks to your GMB listing help its ranking.
Do you think backlinks to your Google My Business listing help ranking at all?
Everyone basically agrees that backlinks to your website help the website's ranking, but there are varying answers about whether backlinks to your GMB listing help its ranking.
Do you think backlinks to your Google My Business listing help ranking at all?
It does not help. Many have tested this and determined it is not an effective or impactful tactic. It’s a waste of your time and money. Link to your website, not your GMB listing. SterlingSky published the results of their test here: https://www.sterlingsky.ca/gmb-backlinks/
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Along similar lines... what about when people create a silo structure with GMB posts-- somewhere in the body of the copy linking back to the previous GMB post. Any benefit?
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Was wondering if anyone knows any unique market research techniques? Everyone knows about google analytics.
I’m a fan of Google Trends and the the Pew Market Research site. Sites like city-data/areavibes (and many others) can show more localized data that can prove helpful as well.
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If you have a similar product that can be found on Amazon you can use chrome extensions to estimate sales and demand flux.
GA isn't a market research tool, it's a web analytics tool.
If you have a new product or a new idea I would share it on social sites and see what you find - you could even use this forum.
GA isn't a market research tool, it's a web analytics tool.
If you have a new product or a new idea I would share it on social sites and see what you find - you could even use this forum.
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I'm a GMB-only guy pretty much. I hate the backlinking game. The wonder. Confusion. Mystery. Disappointment. Despair. All of it. So, I got to thinking... what if I ONLY use Reddit links for backlinks? Hear me out...
It only takes 5 upvotes to turn a post do-follow, and then that makes a powerful backlink indeed. One of the best actually.
If I mod the subreddit (I run dozens already for various niches), I can control the OBL and make the link rarer than say, some guest posting website that whores itself out to people everyday.
That makes the plan: Good Website + GMB + Reddit links = SUCCESS!
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
It only takes 5 upvotes to turn a post do-follow, and then that makes a powerful backlink indeed. One of the best actually.
If I mod the subreddit (I run dozens already for various niches), I can control the OBL and make the link rarer than say, some guest posting website that whores itself out to people everyday.
That makes the plan: Good Website + GMB + Reddit links = SUCCESS!
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
I've heard about his method before, but do you have actual proof that links become DF after upvotes? And doesn't the "strength" of the subreddit also play a role for that link?
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I'm not used to rejection! I posted the exact same event/text/graphic etc...on about 10 other GMB pages and they were not rejected. Any thoughts?
Ok...someone at Google hates Halloween! Made it simple. No text on image, no emoji's, no ALL CAPS. Maybe Google also knows that we've had an increase in Covid cases and they're telling me NO ON SITE EVENTS! #Lost #FMH #forgetmyhalloween
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Woke up to see my listing was unverified after 8+ months of being active. We didn't make any changes to the listing that could cause this.
We resent the postcard but know those take forever, has anyone used the reinstatement form for this at all or any advice??
(I already posted in the official GMB support thread as well)
We resent the postcard but know those take forever, has anyone used the reinstatement form for this at all or any advice??
(I already posted in the official GMB support thread as well)
Does your business have an actual physical address that isn't shared with another company?
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They'll whack a listing if there's another listing at that address.
Did you list your room number or just the building address?
Did you list your room number or just the building address?
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I have 40+ GMB profiles that I manage, and I often post 2 or 3 times per week on several of them. It's a pain to have this many tabs open and have to click to each one. If there was something like ManageWP (where you can manage all your WordPress sites from one dashboard) for GMB that would be great.
