Tap into Google My Business' true potential. Follow these tips to fully optimize and make the most out of your GMB listing. Google My Business can be a powerful tool for certain types of companies to ...

Google Places is the business listing feature of Google Maps. Google creates business listings, and a representative for the business claims ownership of the listing. However, some nefarious ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- The Better Business Bureau says it is getting complaints about an apparent new scam. It happened to one woman who used Google to find a highly-recommended repairman, but she says ...

To rank well in local search results, Google requires a strong association between your business and your local area. Start by embedding your Google Maps location on your website. This simple step ...

Over the years, Google Business Profile has become much more complex. After years of helping on the Google Business Profile Help Forum, I’ve answered hundreds and hundreds of questions from business ...

Google Maps serve businesses by including their listings, but malicious competitors and their agents can challenge listings as spam, writes James Effarah, owner of a Boise advertising agency.

Google Business Profile (GBP) used to be so simple. GBP listings used to basically include a business name, address, phone number, and website URL. That was about it. Over the years Google has made ...

Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, ...

Before creating your Google Business Profile listing, make sure you are using the right language. If not, it may cause serious issues for you in the long run where the services will be wrong and will ...

Google is testing, I think again, showing a Google phone number, instead of the actual business's real phone number, in the business local listing in Google Search. In this example, Google is showing ...

Most people research products or services online before they contact a company. The search engine results page is a competitive battlefield for companies that do most of their business in their ...