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16 hotreddit For local businesses, is the website becoming secondary to the Google Business Profile? (opens in new tab)
I work mostly with small local businesses (artisans, shops, professionals) and I keep coming back to the same question. For a local search like "plumber near me", the first thing people see is usuall…
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16 hotreddit Is there any way to bypass Google Business Profile (GBP) video verification or use an alternative method? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I'm currently setting up a Google Business Profile (GBP) for an international client, but we've hit a roadblock with the video verification process. The client is unable to complete th…
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15 hotreddit What search engine ranking report software are you guys using? (opens in new tab)
Been looking for some decent search engine ranking report software lately. Mainly need something that tracks keyword positions, shows changes over time and makes it easy to put together reports for cl…
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14 hotreddit Google Business Profile suspended for "Deceptive Content" — Two legitimate businesses at the same address. Has anyone successfully appealed this? (opens in new tab)
(May edit for grammer) Edit #1: I submitted a bunch of documents predominantly photos, a lease agreement, my articles Of incorporation, PDF of my business registration my account was approved. It is n…
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14 hotreddit Competitor ranks #1 with a suspicious address and reviews, while my verified profile got suspended. What am I missing? (opens in new tab)
I run a local service business, and I’m frustrated with how Google handles Business Profile enforcement. I’d appreciate some advice from people who have dealt with this. A competitor consistently ran…
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13 hotreddit Title: Competitor ranks #1 with a suspicious address and reviews, while my verified profile got suspended. What am I missing? (opens in new tab)
I run a local service business, and I’m frustrated with how Google handles Business Profile enforcement. I’d appreciate some advice from people who have dealt with this. A competitor consistently ran…
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11 warmreddit Need help with a suspended Google Business Profile for a Canadian construction company. Is there a legitimate way to get it reinstated? (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I'm looking for someone experienced with Google Business Profile (GBP), particularly suspension recovery and service-area businesses in Canada. Here's the situation: My client runs a c…
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11 warmreddit Is it fair to ask SEO agency for a partial refund? (opens in new tab)
Hi , i run a locksmith business and hired an agency i trusted with experience in the industry. We have been working together for 6 months and there is very little to show as far as results. They have …
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11 warmreddit Best Crypto Casino Guide: Bitcoin Casino Basics and Five Sites to Compare in 2026 (opens in new tab)
Finding the best crypto casino starts with a less exciting question than most rankings suggest: what happens when you want your money back? Winna, Jack, Wild, BC GAME and 1win are the five names cove…
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11 warmreddit How to track brand visibility in Claude (and why traditional SEO tools won't help you) (opens in new tab)
Over the last few months, my team and I have been shifting a chunk of our search strategy from traditional Google SERPs to AEO and GEO. Naturally, one of our main priorities has been figure out how t…
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11 warmreddit Moving a Business from Etobicoke to Vaughan — When Should I Update Google Business Profile? (opens in new tab)
I’m helping with a business relocation from Etobicoke to Vaughan (in the southern Ontario area) and looking for advice on the best way to handle the Google Business Profile transition. A few question…
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10 warmreddit Who owns your Google Business Profile, domain and Psychology Today login? Worth checking before anyone else touches your practice’s marketing (opens in new tab)
If you're thinking about paying someone to help fill your caseload (an agency, a freelancer, a website service, anyone), there's a quick check worth doing first. List every account your practice show…
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10 warmreddit Is it worth getting google ads? (opens in new tab)
I’m a new business on Google now. I have asked for reviews from clients and stuff and have been trying to push out my business. I have made a website today and linked it etc also adding other social m…
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10 warmreddit Looking for a Google My Business (GMB) Specialist / Expert for Freelance Collaboration 🚀 (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone! 👋 I am looking to connect with a Google My Business (GMB) Specialist (or someone with deep expertise in managing Google Business Profiles, ideally with experience around Google's ecos…
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10 warmreddit How to set up a Google Business Profile in Saudi Arabia for an online Service-Area Business (SAB)? (opens in new tab)
Hello everyone, I am trying to register a Google Business Profile for my business based here in Saudi Arabia. My business operates completely online—I handle online sales and provide digital services…
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10 warmreddit Google AI Overviews Are Recommending My Local SEO Client (opens in new tab)
I’ve been posting GEO short videos of real plumbing jobs and customer reviews everyday on Google and YouTube for the past 1 to 2 weeks. Now Google’s AI Mode and Ask Maps are recommending my client for…
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9reddit Are Google Business Profiles Losing Their Call Button? Why Local Businesses Should Pay Attention to Google Ads (opens in new tab)
I've been noticing an interesting change in Google's local search results that I think local business owners should pay attention to. For years, one of the biggest advantages of ranking in Google's l…
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9reddit GBP has been used in a way that violates google policies (opens in new tab)
I'm struggling to find out what policies were violated. The link provided brings me to a generic google policy page and it's not clear which policy I violated. Any help? https://preview.redd.it/kaie…
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9reddit I've done on-page, off-page and technical SEO for my local business, but still getting no customers. What am I missing? (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I run a local IT support and computer repair business in Geneva, Switzerland, and I'm struggling to get results from my website. I've worked on on-page SEO, technical SEO, backlinks, gu…
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9reddit Managing 10–15 Google Business Profiles – How Many Have You Got to “Looks Good” Profile Strength? (opens in new tab)
I've been managing around 10–15 Google Business Profiles, focusing on profile optimization and local SEO. Recently, I noticed Google's new Profile Strength indicator, which displays a green status wi…
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9reddit Are your reviews being deleted by Google? (opens in new tab)
I serve local seo to few clients and they are from medical niche (skin care, rhinoplasty) and such. they are multi location businesses. I found from october 10 to october 26, 10 of the reviews across …
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9reddit Have local SEO rank tracking tools become ridiculously expensive, or is it just me? (opens in new tab)
I've been using Local Viking for some time now (approx 5 years), but I've just been charged $390 for my annual renewal, which seems ridiculously expensive for what I actually use it for. I don't use …
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9reddit What is Google Business Profile? It is an entity record Google cross-checks against your website and citations, not a mini-website (opens in new tab)
What is Google Business Profile? Most businesses treat it as a free mini-website, or a social page for the brand. That reading is the structural error. A profile is not a brochure that Google display…
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9reddit Permanent suppression after suspension? (opens in new tab)
Permanent supression after suspension? Okay so I had made a post before asking about ranking and how being a service area business versus brick and mortar with a map 📍 affects ranking. Has anyone …
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9reddit I'll run a free Google Maps rank check for 10 US home-service businesses this week (opens in new tab)
I'm the founder of Local SEO Now. We build tools that handle the Google Business Profile side of local SEO for home-service businesses. The most common thing I see is an owner who ranks well near the…
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9reddit Citations and listing (opens in new tab)
Hi guys, i am learning SEO,GEO and i wanted to know when you get a client and you want to list their services in places like apple business, nextdoor, yelp, local directories, how do you handle the ve…
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8reddit How to run a competitor keyword gap analysis manually (The painful Google Sheets workflow) (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, Lately, I’ve been diving deep into SEO strategies for early-stage startups. A common advice we all get is: "Just do a competitor keyword gap analysis." But if you are bootstrapped and …
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8reddit Google Business Profile rankings declining over the past few months — has anyone experienced this? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I manage a Google Business Profile that has been gradually losing local rankings over the past few months. It previously ranked in the business’s city and some surrounding cities, but i…
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8reddit His competitors live on ads. He bet on local SEO instead. Now he’s buying ads too. (opens in new tab)
An owner felt that after giving them 6 months to prove value, his agency wasn’t doing enough for local SEO, so I checked his Google profile, website and map visibility. He runs a service-area busines…
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8reddit When was the last time you checked the categories on your Google Business Profile? (opens in new tab)
You can have 1 primary category and up to 9 additional categories. Look at the screenshot. Both businesses are plumbers, but one is using 8 categories, while the other is using only 1. Your primary …
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8reddit The Website Is Not the Center of Local SEO. The Brand Is. (opens in new tab)
One of my plumbing clients recently received a five star review from a homeowner in Clarkdale, Arizona. She explained that she discovered the company through its reviews, hired them for plumbing repa…
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8reddit Why is my competitor ranking higher on Google Maps? How to tell a registered business name from a keyword-added one, and what to do about it (opens in new tab)
Why is my competitor ranking higher on Google Maps when their profile looks no better than yours? Sometimes the answer sits in the business name field itself. Most owners assume the name on a profile…
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8reddit Google says there's no way to pay for a better local ranking. Here's what its own help pages say actually moves a Business Profile (opens in new tab)
If you run a local business, you've probably had the call. Someone promises to get you into the top 3 on Google Maps for a monthly fee. Google's own help page on local ranking has a line worth knowin…
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8reddit Beyond frustrated with Google (opens in new tab)
After an erroneous ban 6 months ago, followed by a quick reinstatement, google has continued to show the my business is located and services an area 70 miles from my business. I rank 1 in the map pack…
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7reddit Why checking your Google Maps rank from your own shop gives you the wrong answer (opens in new tab)
If you search "plumber" on your phone while standing in your shop and see yourself at #1, that is about the best your ranking will ever look. Google says local results come down to relevance, distanc…
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7reddit What happens to Google Business Profiles caught manipulating their reviews ? (opens in new tab)
Hello everyone, I'm creating this thread to gather more firsthand accounts of what happens to Google Business Profiles that have manipulated their reviews when Google catches them. Whether it's purc…
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7reddit Title: Starting a Rank & Rent SEO Business – Looking for Advice on Ranking Our First Website (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone! I recently pitched a Rank & Rent business idea to a friend of mine who is experienced in coding and technical development, and we’re planning to work together to make it happen. Our go…
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7reddit Branded visibility can be built much faster than keyword rankings. So why don’t we start with the brand? (opens in new tab)
Search your business name on Google and you show up #1. Even with the wrong GBP category or zero reviews. Local SEO tools show the same thing on a map. A grid tool checks your ranking from 49 points …
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7reddit Google Business Profile Ranking in Top 3, But Calls Aren't Increasing – What Could Be the Reason? (opens in new tab)
I'm managing the Google Business Profile (GBP) for a hair transplant surgeon, and I'm facing an issue that I haven't been able to resolve for the past six months. The profile is well-optimized, and I…
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7reddit Small UK tree surgery business struggling to get consistent enquiries – looking for honest local SEO advice (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, Me and my brother started a small tree surgery and landscaping business in January 2026 called Branchard Tree & Landscapes Services Ltd. We're based around Rugby, Warwickshire, in the U…
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7reddit In a GBP Profile, Is Adding Keywords to the Business Name Good or Bad? (opens in new tab)
We SEO folks often notice that when a business name on Google Business Profile includes a target keyword, it seems to rank higher, sometimes even in the top 3. But Google says adding keywords to your…
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7reddit Google business profile for restaurants: why the menu, order and reservation links matter more than the photos (opens in new tab)
Google business profile for restaurants is usually treated as a display card: hours, photos, a phone number. That framing fails because the profile also carries action paths. The menu link, the order…
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7reddit Google business profile for lawyers in the Philippines: how appointment-only hours affect open now searches (opens in new tab)
Most firms setting up a google business profile for lawyers treat opening hours as an afterthought and write something vague like by appointment only. That choice has a ranking cost. Google matches h…
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7reddit Local SEO strategy for a dental hygiene clinic relocating to a new city in the GTA (opens in new tab)
I'm helping my wife transition her independent dental hygiene clinic from Etobicoke to Vaughan, Ontario. The business has an established online presence from several years at its original location, bu…
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7reddit How to fix when website does'nt appear on google business profile? (opens in new tab)
After adding the website domain, it still doesn't fetch. Has any of you faced similar issues?
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6reddit Google Business Profile Checklist: 14 Steps to Rank in the Map Pack (opens in new tab)
If you run a local business, your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a customer sees, before your website, before your ads, sometimes before they ever call. This Google Business Profile …
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6reddit Offering free Google Business Profile fix for 2 businesses this week (opens in new tab)
Hey guys, I'm growing my agency that helps businesses rank top on Google Maps in Nairobi & Kenya. To expand my portfolio, I'm looking to help 2 businesses for free this week. What I ask in return: if…
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6reddit Rebranding a Dental Practice Without Losing Your Google Rankings... And Why You Should NEVER Create a New Business Profile (opens in new tab)
TL;DR: Rebranding a dental practice only hurts your rankings when a few specific mistakes happen. The big ones are changing domains when you don't need to, redirecting every old page to the homepage, …
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6reddit Google Business Profile optimization checklist for local SMBs (actually in priority order) (opens in new tab)
Most GBP checklists dump 40 items on you with zero sense of what matters most. Here's the list ranked by actual impact, so you fix the stuff that moves the needle first. Tier 1: Do these before anyth…
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6reddit Verified Google Business Profile disappeared from Maps after verification following a cross-country move (opens in new tab)
I run Feral & Fab Photography, a pet photography business based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I originally operated in NYC, and updated my existing Google Business Profile when I moved to California.…
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6reddit Why do some contractors rank on Google Maps with fewer reviews? (opens in new tab)
I’ve noticed that in some local markets, a business with fewer Google reviews can still appear above competitors with a much larger review count. For home service businesses, what factors have you s…
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6reddit My 10th Framer template: Attorney Website + a bit of shader magic (opens in new tab)
My 10th published Framer marketplace template is live. Called it Attorney. As you might guess it is for independent attorneys and smaller US law firms. https://www.framer.com/marketplace/templates/a…
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6reddit Google business profile ranking factors: why the primary category has to be settled before services and attributes (opens in new tab)
Google business profile ranking factors are usually read as a flat list of fields, but several of the fields depend on each other. Most businesses think a profile is optimized once every field is fil…
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5reddit Why I’m adding CRM, automation and customer follow-up to my local SEO work (opens in new tab)
I recently posted in this subreddit a case study about a two-location orthodontic practice where Google Maps top-3 visibility went from 68% → 85% at one office and 53% → 81% at the other in three mont…
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5reddit Orthodontist local SEO case study: Google Maps top-3 visibility went from 68% → 85% and 53% → 81% at two offices in 3 months (opens in new tab)
I work with local businesses across several industries, and three months ago I rebuilt the website and Google Business Profiles for a two-location orthodontic practice in the US. Here's what moved: …
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5reddit Update on my first SEO client - 2 months later, page 2 to page 1 (opens in new tab)
Link to the last post. Posted here back in August about my first-ever client. Said at the end that position 11 meant most of my impressions were sitting on page 2, earning nothing, and that fixing i…
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4reddit Google Business Profile not showing up on Google Maps: a two-query test to tell existence from ranking failures (opens in new tab)
When a Google Business Profile is not showing up on Google Maps, owners describe it as one problem. It is two different failures, and a two-query test separates them. Query one: search the exact busi…
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4reddit I am 25 years old, make $128,000, live in MA, work as a CPA and learned my manager is putting his 2 week notice in. (opens in new tab)
Section One: Assets and Debt: Savings account balance:$25,541 Checking account balance:$2,182.73 Retirement/Brokerage account: $162,463 HSA: $21,149 No debt: My parents helped with college for a …
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4reddit SEO News: Google tells site owners how to safely take down PHP sites while patching the critical PHP2Shell exploit, Sundar Pichai says Search will be absorbed into an agentic layer, Google launches Business Home beta—a Gemini-powered unified dashboard (opens in new tab)
Industry news never ceases to amaze, so we've rounded up the most useful updates from the past week to share here: AI Sundar Pichai says Search will be absorbed into an agentic layer—“one box” for …
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4reddit Claude Code blocked a legit task, so I tried the open source side. Not going back for now. (opens in new tab)
I've been a Claude user for a long time. Started on Pro, then moved to Max 5x. I've used everything from Opus 4.6 up to Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1, and honestly I've been happy with the models. I even app…
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4reddit I'm one person running three consumer apps with over 40 Claude Code sessions. My marketing agent drafted this post. (opens in new tab)
Full disclosure first: this post was drafted by the agent that runs organic social for one of my apps, and I'm posting it from my own account. I'm a solo dev. The apps are a tarot character chat (Taro…
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4reddit Most local businesses lose leads on Google Business Profile for boring reasons, here’s a checklist that actually matters (opens in new tab)
I keep seeing the same pattern with local businesses. They spend money on ads and a website redesign, while their Google Business Profile (GBP) is half-filled and nobody has touched it in months. For …
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4reddit Google Business Profile Optimisation Auckland: How Local Businesses Can Get More Visibility (opens in new tab)
For an Auckland business that depends on local customers, your Google Business Profile can be one of the most important parts of your online presence. Someone searching for a plumber, electrician, bu…
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4reddit $NWBO’s platform investment thesis: the biology, EDEN, regional partnerships and a patient-based revenue model (opens in new tab)
Listen to the companion discussion NWBO’s Architecture for Personalized Cancer Vaccines · Podcast discussion on SoundCloud Watch the video https://reddit.com/link/1x9rf8e/video/ume61chfwdwh1/player …