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Reputation 4 min read

How to report a fake or spam Google business listing.

Three different reporting routes depending on what is wrong, including the batch form that takes ten listings at once. And the response that gets you suspended instead.

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Temporarily closed vs special hours on Google: which to use.

Special hours and Temporarily closed are not interchangeable. One is an availability note; the other can push you behind open competitors in search results.

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The booking button on your Google Business Profile.

Google can add booking and ordering links to your profile automatically. If one is there that you did not choose, it is routing your customers through somebody else.

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Local Services Ads vs Google Ads: how to choose.

They are different products that buy different things. The decision turns on where the click lands, and on whether your site is good enough to deserve one yet.

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Call tracking on Google Business Profile: the real rules.

Google publishes real requirements for the phone number on your profile. Call tracking is not one of the things it addresses, which is worth knowing before you accept advice about it.

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Google Guaranteed is now Google Verified: what changed.

Google folded Google Guaranteed, Google Screened and the money-back guarantee into one Verified badge. The badge still means something. The reimbursement does not exist.

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