Tagged: Google Places

Google Places / Google Webmaster / SEO for Small Business

My Google Places Page Recently Disappeared!

Last week I had a client’s Google Places Page go missing – disappeared entirely. For a client who runs a bed & breakfast, a museum and a tour business, all location-based businesses that depend to some degree on maps (Google Maps) for customers – this was heart-stopping.  Google replied: “Thanks for contacting us regarding your Places problem. We’ve recently experienced...

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Google Drops 3rd Party Reviews

Have you noticed your review count has drastically been reduced? That’s because Google has dropped all 3rd party reviews. You will see this on your Google Maps listing or in your Google Places account. I’ve been encouraging clients for many years to increase their effort to get reviews in Google Reviews from their customers, while encouraging them to ignore Yelp,...