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[See Gre]

You can ask anything about GMB, reviews, ranking, removal or any other information related to Google my business page.

 

[LeioneSEO]

Hi looking at getting local business ranked, what optimisation steps do you recommend? Ive seen on Fiverr there are Gigs which incoude 350 citations, 5 driving directions etc...

Also in regards to removals - if i purchase additional GMBs from a vendor, if i use my main URL from my main site is there is a risk to this? Like if Google remove the listings will my URL be on some sort of shit list ?

Thanks

 

[IseeDeadPeople]

What happens if you want your business to be part of "GMB", but you don't necessarily want your street address shown on the map?
Is it possible?

 

[TheVigilante]

How do I go about ranking for multiple local keywords for my GMB listing? Is it that description is my only option for that?

 

[See Gre]

Hi looking at getting local business ranked, what optimisation steps do you recommend? Ive seen on Fiverr there are Gigs which incoude 350 citations, 5 driving directions etc...

Also in regards to removals - if i purchase additional GMBs from a vendor, if i use my main URL from my main site is there is a risk to this? Like if Google remove the listings will my URL be on some sort of shit list ?
Optimization can be done by posts weekly 3-5, geotagged images, content, q&a, reviews and also citations and social media.

Fake GMBs are always targeted by Google and now it's very serious Google is removing many fake gmbs. Yes if Google remove those listings and they have same name as your gmb. Your GMB will be on hitlist.

Thanks

 

[See Gre]

How do I go about ranking for multiple local keywords for my GMB listing? Is it that description is my only option for that?

Description, services website many options are there

 

[See Gre]

What happens if you want your business to be part of "GMB", but you don't necessarily want your street address shown on the map?
Is it possible?

Google ask for address as it verify GMB that have store. If you are hiding address that means you don't have genuine business.
Only in case of online business Google allows to hide the address.

 

[Fast and Curious]

Most of the time, businesses with the highest reviews are ranked at the top of a search. The top one normally has 4.9 rating stars. That makes sense to me because that's how a rating system should work.

But why is that not always the case? Sometimes a business with a lower rating gets the top spot. A 4.2 rating can actually outrank a 4.9 star business. Why is that, and how does the ranking system work?

 

[Topiano]

@See Gre , You should be merging your response by using the quote button.

 

[See Gre]

Most of the time, businesses with the highest reviews are ranked at the top of a search. The top one normally has 4.9 rating stars. That makes sense to me because that's how a rating system should work.

But why is that not always the case? Sometimes a business with a lower rating gets the top spot. A 4.2 rating can actually outrank a 4.9 star business. Why is that, and how does the ranking system work?

Depends not only on reviews but on many things. Google crawlers looks into other places also like directories and social media.

 

[See Gre]

@See Gre , You should be merging your response by using the quote button.

Yes mistakenly I did it for one response.

 

[cynical07]

How can i verify location without google mail code?

 

[Creol]

is it true that panos from official google photographers influence rankings?

 

[See Gre]

How can i verify location without google mail code?

I won't suggest to create GMB without store location. As Google is serious about fake listings and removing them as in 2018 Google removed more than 3 billion listings.

 

[osomugre]

Top 5 things you must do in order to rank in GMB.

 

[LeioneSEO]

Hi sorry i dont see a response?

 

[See Gre]

Top 5 things you must do in order to rank in GMB.

Geotagged images
SEO friendly content
Q&a
Reviews
Citations and social media

 

[See Gre]

Hi sorry i dont see a response?

Fake GMBs are always targeted by Google and now it's very serious Google is removing many fake gmbs. Yes if Google remove those listings and they have same name as your gmb. Your GMB will be on hitlist.

 

[See Gre]

is it true that panos from official google photographers influence rankings?

No, you can yourself take the pics try that they must be geotagged and 360 images also help which you yourself can create.

 

[Mark Quadbang]

Hi OP,
When there is just one GMB listing in a niche and the keywords for that niche are in the listing name, will it show up in the right hand side as a knowledge panel? and say someone else adds a listing in the same niche making it just 2 listings in that niche, what'll happen? will they appear together as a 2 pack(assuming the correct things were done to rank that second listing)?
If I happened to find a niche that had just one GMB listing that showed up in the knowledge panel with the exact keywords in the listing name, would you say its an easy niche to rank for? or is there something else going on that I'm missing here?
Thanks