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Greetings, everybody. We hope it’s been a great week for all of you. We’ve written several recent blog posts about well-marketed businesses no longer showing up in local search as far and wide as they once did. An effective solution that we suggested was running Local Services Ads for yourselves and your clients. They work.... The post No More Google Guaranteed first appeared on GMB Management.| GMB Management
Hi, folks. Today’s blog post will be more technical than usual, so we’ll begin with some exciting news. There are now restrooms in China that do not dispense toilet paper until you scan a QR code and watch a sponsored video. This is a dream come true for everyone who fantasized about bringing the ad-driven economy into bathroom stalls.| GMB Management
Howdy, all. Before we get into the meat of today’s blog post, we want to congratulate everyone for standing up to the excessive tipping epidemic. We don’t mean servers, barbers, or food delivery people. Keep tipping them. We’re talking about the obnoxious situations that have crept into existence over the past few years where you see a tip prompt on an iPad after a 15 second interaction with a retail worker.| GMB Management
Greetings, all. We hope you’re having a great week. People who were up to speed on a McDonald’s mobile app vulnerability may have had a better week. The app hands out 100 points for every dollar spent through it. Those points can be redeemed for things like cheeseburgers, hash browns, Happy Meals, and Big Macs.... The post Widespread Google Business Profile Blackmail first appeared on GMB Management.| GMB Management
Greetings, all. We hope your work week went well.| GMB Management
Greetings. Have you guys heard about the monkeys stealing smartphones in Bali? It’s a system they came up with on their own. These monkeys are up to speed on the things people value most (wallets, glasses, phones, etc) and hold possessions hostage until you give them food to get your stuff back. They like Oreos and mangoes.| GMB Management
Hi, everybody. Sorry for skipping last week. Fun fact: covid’s still going around. Be careful out there.| GMB Management
Hello, everybody. The bad news for today’s newsletter is that there’s no good news to report. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that some of you may find solace in the fact that you’re not alone. We’ll see.| GMB Management
Howdy. If any of you have passwords that you’ve used for years, it’s probably a good idea to immediately change them. It’s even a good idea if you change them on a regular basis. A mind-blowing data breach of 30 services (including Apple, Google, Telegram, GitHub, VPN networks, and more) with more than 16 billion... The post Search Live with Voice Input first appeared on GMB Management.| GMB Management
Howdy. We hope everyone is having a great week. We want to extend especially warm greetings to our readers at one of the companies facing a lawsuit for not advertising on X. Tough break. Lego, Unilever, Amazon, and Pinterest are in the same boat– a boat that Ralph Lauren and Verizon recently exited when they... The post People Are Asking first appeared on GMB Management.| GMB Management
Greetings, everyone. As tempting as it is for us to focus on the most surreal week in X (fka Twitter) history, we’re instead going to look into a study that analyzed 25,000 sets of Google Search results to determine the role of SEO in the age of AI Overviews.| GMB Management
Howdy. Many of you already know this, but here’s a fun fact for our readers in English-speaking countries: did you know that everyone else in the world is on day two of a four-day weekend?| GMB Management
Greetings, everyone. Sorry we couldn’t get this blog post out on Friday. Busy day. The worst thing about this situation is that we didn’t need to research anything because this newsletter wrote itself when the “From the owner” section of some Google Business Profiles began vanishing on Wednesday.| GMB Management
Greetings, all. A lot of our staff is off because of Easter, which is great. Happy Easter, everyone. We just don’t have a ton of blog writing time today because we’re covering the tasks that our holiday-observing colleagues normally take care of.| GMB Management
Sup. Y’all know that we’re tied into WEB20 Ranker, right? They’re now offering free Agency Results Calls for agency owners or managers who are trying to drive results for their clients. This offer’s on table for anyone dealing with inconsistent GBP performance or spotty maps rankings. You can take advantage of it if you’re just looking to squeeze more ROI out of your efforts or have a problem that you can’t solve. Click here to book your free call.| GMB Management
Hi, everyone. There really, really isn’t enough time to write a detailed newsletter today, so we only plan to cover the biggest SEO topic of the week.| GMB Management
Hello, readers and subscribers. Count yourselves lucky if you missed out on Instagram’s recommendation algorithms going haywire two days ago after a complete moral collapse. Not all of us were so fortunate.| GMB Management
Hey! Sorry we missed you last week. Things get crazy around here when Google steps on a rake.| GMB Management