Google Business Profile

GBP policy update: Consumer alerts for suspicious reviews

As the kids today say, “Sounds sus.” Now, Google is dealing with consumer reviews that may be a little suspicious. Google has updated its policy regarding these reviews and is taking measures to help curb them. Greg takes you through everything you need to know about the latest Google update, which is all about making the customer aware of questionable reviews.


Greg’s SEO session: NADA 2024

In this week’s episode, I share my entire presentation from this past weekend’s NADA convention in Las Vegas. It’s the first time that I share the data from our massive two-year research project on over, 3,000 dealership Google Business Profiles, and I also share the results of over 1,000 dealership SEO audits. If you want real-world data on what works for automotive SEO, you don’t want to miss this week’s video!


Details about Google’s new Openness Update

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the details around Google’s recent “Openness Update”, which (currently) affects the visibility of local businesses based on the hours of operation listed in the Google Business Profile. There’s been a lot of buzz lately, so I’m sharing a simple explanation and an outline of how your Local SEO strategy should change because of the update.


How to optimize your GBP landing page

In this week’s video, I explain how to optimize your Google Business Profile landing page – the page that your GBP website button points to on your website. For single-location businesses, that’s the home page of the site. For multi-location businesses, the landing page will be the individual location page for that specific location.


Local SEO Tips from Barbados SEO

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing my entire presentation from the recent Barbados SEO conference. Learn the latest tactics to help you achieve better visibility in local search results, including writing helpful content, optimizing for local visibility, building local links, acquiring local reviews, and optimizing your Google Business Profile.


What we learned from auditing over 8,500 Google Business Profiles

In this week’s video, I share a recording of my entire presentation from the first US edition of Brighton SEO in San Diego a few weeks ago. We’re finishing a massive 2-year research project on Google Business Profiles, and I share some of the exciting results from the study, helping to shed light on which factors the top-ranking GBPs have across multiple verticals.