Google My business account suspended
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paddyboy91
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- Mar 22, 2021
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Maybe you have changed the address or made some other changes, GMB is having some issues these days in indexing and account suspension.
b1step-ahead
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- Nov 15, 2010
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whats the niche??
ava_olivia
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- Dec 4, 2020
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Mine is a salon niche, can anyone help me over turn it?
The only reason my business survives is because of google my business. It shows my address to it and people who are close to it have their phones bring my site to them. This is one of the only ways to get instant noticed too.
bunnelld750
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- Feb 4, 2022
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It's difficult these days to verify google my business
b1step-ahead
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if it's a legit business u should be ok, do u share it with other stylists??
ava_olivia
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- Dec 4, 2020
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say legitimate business. But I've been doing it as a side gig for more than three years. For legitimate purposes, I would answer no, but I've always used my employment number for it, even though it's not officially registered (yet) or has a storefront. It was authorized with help of my flat at that time.
I feel I was fortunate in that my apartment was located on a busy street. My expectation is that my leads will come from Googling it on maps, and it will appear for them.
It was small enough that it didn't get reported, and it was in a high traffic zip code with the ideal GMB title, so it had the potential of generating leads for me. I didn't have to pay for anything, and I even tried competing through SEO, but this was a working strategy. That's why I enjoyed it so much... Now, the only reason it was suspended was because Google raised a false flag for fraud protection since I attempted to log in from a different location, which led to my Gmail then GMB being suspended for no apparent reason...
I sent an appeal, but based on what I've read, it's unlikely that I'll be able to get it back
I'm now sad. Even if they reply, I won't be able to validate it because I no longer live in that flat. I won't be able to establish it's my storefront, which is stupid and infuriating considering it was suspended just because my gmail account was accidentally locked from trying to log in a different address. What do you believe the best outcome is in this situation? I suppose it would be acceptable if I merged it with another GMB, but would this delete my popular address once merged?