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How to Rank a Service Area Business in Multiple Cities Using City Landing Pages

Whitespark October 22, 2024 No Comments

If you run a service area business, you probably want to rank outside of your own neighborhood — outside of your city, even. The problem is, Google’s local algorithm is…

Do Service Areas Impact Rankings in 2024?

Gabbie October 21, 2024 No Comments

If you’ve been following Whitespark, you know that our annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey has always shown that setting service areas on your Google Business Profile does not help…

Unverified vs. Disabled vs. Suspended GBPs: What’s the Difference?

Gabbie October 16, 2024 No Comments

There is no greater disruption of the online marketing of your local business than realizing your Google Business Profile (GBP) has become unverified, suspended, or disabled. You drop everything if…

Why Your Google Business Profile Needs a Watchdog

Gabbie September 24, 2024 No Comments

By the time you’ve gotten your first Google Business Profile verified and it has gone live, you’ve already accomplished so many steps that you may feel like you never want…

Everything That Can Go Right and Wrong with Your Local Business Name

Gabbie September 12, 2024 No Comments

What you name your local business will play a bigger role in its overall success than you might at first think. If you’re in the planning stages of launching a…

Spam Fighting

Whitespark June 26, 2024 No Comments

GBP Spam Fighting 101 – Get The Basics Down, Then Take Out The Trash Spam has been rampant in the local search landscape for a long time. Unfortunately there are…

Conversion Factors

Whitespark June 26, 2024 No Comments

Top 10 GBP Conversion Factors That Will Help You Grow Your Local Leads Today we are discussing the Top 10 GMB Conversion Factors that experts agree are critical from the latest Local Search…

Support

Whitespark June 26, 2024 No Comments

Google Support It’s very likely that you will come across an issue at some point in time with your Google Business Profile – whether you need to dispute spam, report…

How to Schedule More Customers with Bookings The Booking feature, also known as Reserve with Google, allows businesses to integrate specific supported booking systems with their business profile, which gives…

Messaging (Chat)

Whitespark June 26, 2024 No Comments

Enabling Chat for your Customers Messaging is an instant messaging feature built into Google Business Profiles that allows searchers to chat with your business straight from the search results. It’s…

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How to Rank a Service Area Business in Multiple Cities Using City Landing Pages

Do Service Areas Impact Rankings in 2024?

Unverified vs. Disabled vs. Suspended GBPs: What’s the Difference?

Why Your Google Business Profile Needs a Watchdog

Everything That Can Go Right and Wrong with Your Local Business Name

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