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We respond to reviews for our various locations, but we’ve noticed that our replies are not always visible to the public on Google (Maps). The responses do show up in our Google Business dashboard (and in our review management tool), so we know they were submitted successfully. But end users can’t see them.

This happens across multiple locations. The responses don’t...

We close GBP on weekends and also reduced GBP hours on weekdays starting from June 3, 2026, and the organic rankings of the page start that is linked to GBP starts falling from page 1 to page 2. Rankings of other pages have improved at the same time. Our GBP was ranking high, and the main traffic on that URL was from GBP, not from organic rankings, and it has fallen by 50...

Hey there, I have a quick question for anyone who has dealt with this. I run a service based business on Google, and my address is hidden. My homepage ranks well for Orlando searches, but my real address is in a smaller city about 25 miles away.


Here's the real problem. My address is in one kind of area, and the clients I want are in a totally different kind ...

I've landed on a confusing case recently with a client who tells me that their Google Business Profile literally had gone missing. Now we all know how often clients make silly mistakes and maybe they were suspended but I don't see signs of that. They're interior staging company, very well established, over 20 years in business. They had a GBP with about 50 reviews on it. The own...

Hi Guys

I have a client & they have a verified GBP. They are providing business insurance services & their physical address is available on the GBP. Now they have shut down their physcial business & their agents are in the area where they can serve customers. Now she asked me to add the service areas in the GBP, & remove the physical address.
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