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.

Updates and Questions

• Google claims reddit is not a preferred source.
• Google cites low quality listicles in AI overview.
• You can now report review responses from owners.
• ChatGPT has made sources less visible.
• Google amends lawsuit against Serapapi.
• What should I do if suggesting an edit to report a violation of guidelines doesn’t work?
• When moving locations for an SAB, should I make a new profile and merge it with the old one, or should I edit the existing address?
• Can I make a GBP listing for water vending machines?
• What are some best practices for UTM tracking?
• Should I aim to rank in the larger metro area rather than focusing on my local city?
• What is the recommended name format in GBP for a real estate agent that currently doesn’t have a DBA?
• How do I access the “book online” button in GBP?

Links mentioned in this session are available on our website at https://localmarketinginstitute.com

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.

Updates and Questions

• Interview with Google Product Experts Lisa Landsman and Mike Gnagy.
• Google aims to scale education via GBP optimization playbooks.
• Integrate Gemini with your GBP using Business Notebook.
• LSA migration into GBP is now complete.
• Google suspension flow improvements.
• What should I do if my ownership on a duplicate listing was overwritten by Yext?
• Should I report a business address that is mail only?
• Is it beneficial to create a domain for business reviews to help with ChatGPT output?
• Will ChatGPT ever change where it sources reviews from instead of Yelp?

Links mentioned in this session are available on our website at https://localmarketinginstitute.com

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.

Updates and Questions

• Google has made it easier to report businesses for pressuring or incentivizing customer reviews.
• Google clarifies requirements for labeling your GBP as open 24/7 when using AI agents.
• Google rolls out preferred source labels in AI mode.
• Google adds AI performance reports in Search Console.
• GBP now has view counts for photos and videos.
• What should I do if I’ve tried all the steps to move SAB locations on my GBP but it still won’t let me?
• If having two SAB locations close together risks a suspension of my GBP, how far away do they need to be to avoid triggering suspension?
• Should I try to reclaim profiles for a car dealership that were attempted to be deleted but are still showing up in search results?
• Does manipulating urls on Google Maps help with local ranking?

Links mentioned in this session are available on our website at https://localmarketinginstitute.com