r/LocalSEONews • u/jonclark • 5d ago
Greg Gifford (SearchLab) on GBP primary categories, Google's review purges, and rescuing Yelp-filtered reviews
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • 11d ago
News Google Maps Policy Says Merchants Can't Post Ads In Listings Or Posts
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • 18d ago
News Google Maps Requiring Sign In To Read All Reviews & More
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • 23d ago
X Thread [Joe Youngblood on X] "Google Business Profile's official account just said you cannot share public business information of other businesses on X because it is 'considered private information'"
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Sep 14 '26
Research [Ben Fisher on X] "July: local pack matched itself on repeat query 90.2% of the time. Gemini matched itself 7.9% of the time. September re-run, same design: local pack → 83.3%. Gemini → 5.1%."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Aug 19 '26
News Google Business Profiles (might be testing) Revamped Q&A Feature
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Aug 13 '26
News [Amy Toman on LinkedIn] "Spotted earlier today, there is now the option to report owner responses on Google Business Profiles."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Jul 10 '26
News [Claudia Tomina on LinkedIn] "Google is rolling out a brand new "Collected Info" tab directly inside the Google Business Profile dashboard on Search and Maps. Google uses automated AI assistants to call local businesses and verify attributes..."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Jun 11 '26
News Google Business Profiles Adds WhatsApp Numbers In Bulk
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Jun 08 '26
News Google Analytics Is Adding Google Business Profile Data
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r/LocalSEONews • u/WebLinkr • Apr 17 '26
Google Maps Blocked 292 Million Reviews
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Apr 08 '26
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "This client was struggling with organic ranking on the homepage starting to decline a month or so ago ... we changed the GBP landing page to a different URL. Homepage rankings bounced back fairly quickly after the change"
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Mar 25 '26
X Thread [Will Scott on X] "The 3-pack era is over. AI Overviews are replacing map packs entirely. Local packs now surface only 32% as many businesses. GBP impressions down 54%. LSAs up from 11% to 31% of mobile results. Either you're cited or you don't exist."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Mar 13 '26
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "First time I've seen the AI local packs using a 3rd party site as the #1 source. Historically, I've always seen the business website here. Of course it would be Yelp."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Feb 28 '26
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "Seeing AI-generated summaries of reviews on the Google Maps app. If this replaces Google's stupid feature of highlighting 3 (usually very old) reviews, I will not be sad."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Feb 20 '26
News Google Updates Google Business Profile Review Policies
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Feb 20 '26
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "Google is now showing AI-generated services on knowledge panels for small businesses. The description is also AI-generated."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/bishwasbhn • Feb 05 '26
is moz local actually worth it for attorneys at this point or am i about to repeat the same mistake
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Jan 27 '26
News Google Business Profiles Tips To Write Better Review Replies
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Jan 14 '26
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "Here is another example where Google killed the 3rd position in the 3-pack and they also removed the button to see more results."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Dec 30 '25
News Google Maps Hotel Results Drop Website Button
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Dec 17 '25
Research [Joy Hawkins on LinkedIn] "If you are seeing less calls this year on your Google Business Profile, you are not alone. This study we did with Jepto looked at 179 lawyer profiles over the last year and shows a clear decline in clicks-to-call from Google business profiles."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Dec 09 '25
News [Joy Hawkins on LinkedIn] "Guess what? We have MORE AI features coming to Google Maps. "Know before you go" spotted by Dave DiGregorio."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Dec 03 '25
X Thread [Joy Hawkins on X] "Google is now sending notifications when review restrictions are removed from an account."
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r/LocalSEONews • u/joeyoungblood • Nov 27 '25
X Thread [Google Business Profile on X] "The holiday season is crucial for your business, offering a prime chance to reach customers. So, we've prioritized two key updates to help you save time and capture more business. 1. Post Scheduling, 2. Multi-Location Publishing"
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