What Got You Found Before Doesn’t Cut It Anymore

Last Updated: June 11, 2026

What used to get you found may not get you recommended anymore. That is the shift small businesses need to pay attention to right now. For years, local marketing mostly came down to one big goal: show up on Google. If your website was decent, your Google Business Profile was in shape, and your business information […]

What to Do When a Competitor Opens Nearby With a Name Almost Identical to Yours

Last Updated: June 5, 2026

A competitor opening nearby is frustrating. A competitor opening nearby with a name almost identical to yours can create a much bigger problem. Customers get confused. Calls go to the wrong company. Reviews land on the wrong Google Business Profile. Directory listings get messy. Rankings can slip even if you did nothing wrong. The first […]

Google Is Cracking Down on Suspicious Reviews

Last Updated: June 1, 2026

If your Google Business Profile suddenly stops accepting reviews, do not assume it is a glitch. Google may remove suspicious high-rated reviews, update a business’s rating, and temporarily pause new reviews when it detects unusual activity on a listing. We recently saw two screenshots that point to the same pattern. In one, a search for […]

ScamWatch: Don’t Pay for What’s Already Yours – The Google Business Profile Ownership Scam

Last Updated: March 2, 2026

Leer en español We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter lately from our clients about a sneaky new scam making the rounds, and it’s time we shine a big ol’ spotlight on it. Here’s the setup: You, a small business owner, get a call. The person on the other end – often with an overseas […]

Google’s August 2025 Spam Update: What Local Businesses Need to Know

Last Updated: September 8, 2025

Leer en español If you’ve noticed some changes in your Google rankings lately, you’re not imagining things. On August 26, 2025, Google rolled out a major Spam Update focused on cleaning up local search results. And yes, it’s hitting Google Business Profiles (GBPs) hard. For any business that depends on local visibility this update could […]

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What Got You Found Before Doesn’t Cut It Anymore

What to Do When a Competitor Opens Nearby With a Name Almost Identical to Yours

Google Is Cracking Down on Suspicious Reviews

ScamWatch: Don’t Pay for What’s Already Yours – The Google Business Profile Ownership Scam

Google’s August 2025 Spam Update: What Local Businesses Need to Know

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