How to Prove Your Business is Real to the Google Map Bot I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number…
I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google did not want proof of a…
The centroid collapse that killed a roofing giant I stood on the corner of 4th and Main, the air smelling of wet concrete and exhaust, looking at a storefront that technically did not exist. Everyone…
I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van;…
I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van;…
The midnight call from the caffeine front lines A local cafe owner called me at midnight because a competitor had dropped twenty 1-star reviews in an hour using a VPN. We had to do a…
Why Your Proximity Rank Just Tanked and How to Fix It I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with…
The invisible war for the Map Pack centroid Business category conflicts happen when the Google algorithm receives contradictory signals about what a service provider actually does, causing the Map Pack ranking to plummet as the…
The smell of stale espresso and burnt rubber from the service fleet across the street usually defines my Tuesday mornings. I view a business listing as a Proximity Beacon in a complex spatial database. Most…
I stood on the sidewalk across from a plumbing supply warehouse, smelling the wet concrete after a summer storm, looking for the glitch in the data. I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for…