Google My Business Product Management Director Anita Yuen has published an article on making Google My Business work for agency and platform partners. Justifying the objectives of GMB, Yuen says, “We always strive to make our products simple and intuitive for small businesses, but many businesses are strapped for time and rely on third-party agencies and platforms to help manage their online presence. Today, at the Local Search Association conference in Chicago, IL, we’re announcing a few improvements aimed at making it easier for agencies and partners to manage Google listings with... [...]

MOZ columnist Sherry Bonelli has republished the MOZ’s guide to optimize your Google My Business listing. It has been updated on May 1, 2018. Bonelli says, “Many local businesses just claim their GMB listing and forget about it. What most businesses don’trealize is that there are a variety of other features Google gives you that you can use to optimize your Google My Business listing and several reasons why you should frequently check your business listing to ensure that its accuracy stays intact. Want to know more? Complete all the information Google asks for There are a variety... [...]

HubSpot’s Aja Frost has published a free guide to Google My Business. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of GMB and tips to use it for marketing success. Frost says, “If you’re just getting started with local SEO, your Google My Business listing is a great place to focus your early efforts. After all, when people search for a product or service near them, they’re usually very close to making a purchase — one in two people who conduct a local search (think “watch repair near me”) visit a store that day. So it’s important the information about... [...]

Google My Business (GMB) offers free listings for your businesses through which you can project your business on Google Search and Google Maps. With right optimization of the GMB listing, you can boost your business and prosper. MOZ columnist Sherry Bonelli has shared five strategies to optimize Google My Business listing. Bonelli says, “Many local businesses just claim their GMB listing and forget about it. What most businesses don’trealize is that there are a variety of other features you can use to optimize your Google My Business listing and several reasons why you should frequently... [...]

Google My Business helps businesses get listed for free to start building visibility in Google Maps and Google Search in their local community. On GMB, many a times you might find a duplicate listing for your business. It can hurt you. Google has already published steps to deal with the duplicate listings on Google My Business. MOZ’s Joy Hawkins has recently published an efrom the Expert’s Guide to Local SEO to help marketers know more about the duplicate listings on GMB. Hawkins says, “Recently, I’ve had a lot of people ask me how to deal with duplicate listings in Google My Business... [...]