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Fixes for suspended, restricted and unverified Google Business Profiles, plus the local SEO playbooks we run for clients behind each one.
Competitor ranking from a fake address? How to report Google Business Profile address violations
The vacant trailer in the parking lot. The UPS mailbox listed as a storefront. The home-based contractor showing a public address. Here's how to get policy-violating competitors taken down.
Lost access to your Google Business Profile? How to get ownership back
The ex-spouse, former employee, or old agency owns your Google Business Profile. Here's the exact process to request and reclaim ownership.
Duplicate Google Business Profile? How to find it, merge it, and keep the reviews
A second listing splits your reviews, and Google may show it instead of the one you manage. Here’s how to find every duplicate Google Business Profile, pick the one to keep, and get the other merged or removed without losing reviews.
No Google Business category fits? Choose before you verify
How to pick your Google Business Profile business type and primary category when nothing fits, and avoid failed verification or a deceptive-content suspension.
Google Business Profile disappeared from Maps? Here's how to get it back
No suspension banner, no email, the profile is just gone. This is usually an account-level or identity-mismatch problem with a different recovery path than a standard suspension.
Google Business Profile verification stuck for more than 5 days? What to do
Google says verification takes up to 5 business days. If you're past that and still waiting, here are the specific steps to get the process moving.
Google Business Profile verification: every method, how long each takes, and what to do when it fails
How to verify a business on Google: the methods Google offers (video, live call, phone, email, postcard, Search Console, bulk), how long each typically takes, how to tell whether your profile is verified, and where to go when a code never arrives or a video is rejected.
Video verification rejected? Here's what Google actually needs to see
Your video verification keeps getting rejected. Or the screen now says 'no more ways to verify.' Here's the kind of recording Google looks for and the support route to try when standard verification keeps failing.
Hotel star rating wrong on Google? Who sets it, and the fix
Google assigns hotel class ratings from official classifiers, booking-site data, and machine learning. You can't edit the stars yourself. Here's the fix path.
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