Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 3, 2022

Local Marketing Institute Podcast

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

• Missing reviews survey.
• Product post bug.
• Justifications are showing up on Google Maps.
• WhiteSpark developes duplicate finder.
• What more can I do besides optimizing websites and getting good reviews to become more successful?
• Is it possible to get a listing to rank in multiple categories?
• Should I set up a new GBP for a new service I’m adding to my business?
• Has there been an increase in GBP suspensions recently?
• Is it possible to merge a business listing and a practitioner listing?
• Should I have a separate practitioner listing in addition to an office listing?
• Can you run a plumbing business out of your home and show the address or does not showing the address make a difference in ranking?
• Can I have multiple GBP listings at different locations with only one website?
• Is there a legitimate way to suspend my own GBP profile so it no longer displays anywhere?
• How do I rank in nearby cities in addition to the city in which the business is located?
• Is there any way to find out what the address is on a SAB when I control the GBP?
• Should I have my business name followed by my personal name on GBP when I go by my personal name on LinkedIn?
• If I have a template website do I need a different one for SEO?
• Would Google allow Real Estate Brokers to own the GBP of their agents?
• Should I use a tracking number for a location with two businesses and only one phone number?
• At an address with lots of businesses with the same category, should I switch to a home address and SAB?
• What should I do if I don’t get confirmation emails of redressal forms when reporting a spam listing?
• How do I delete departments in GBP if I have no access?
• When updating my listings and key citations after moving locations from a local agency, should I use my home address?
• What are the effects if the business changed its name but everything else remains the same?
• If a practitioner has a GBP and the practice/business also has a GBP, where would you suggest users place their reviews?
• What should I do if GBP keeps directing me to claim a duplicate one?
• What should I do if my business doesn’t show up when searching the business name, but does with a generic one?
• What should I focus on in my homepage when I have several categories I can rank for?
• Does a permanently closed business eventually disappear from the listings?

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