Stop Fearing Manual Actions and Recover Your Google Business Profile The smell of wet concrete always reminds me of the morning I spent standing outside a commercial plaza, taking photos of a plumbing van to prove to a Google manual reviewer that the business actually existed. I am a street photographer of the digital world….
I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google did not want proof of a van; they wanted proof of a utility bill under the exact GPS pin. The air in that small office smelled…
A Step-by-Step Guide to Removing Google Penalties The smell of wet concrete always reminds me of the day the maps went dark for my biggest client. I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google…
I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van; they wanted proof of a utility bill under the exact GPS pin. The office smelled like peppermint and old paper,…
The forensic reality of a listing suspension and how to fight back I remember the smell of wet concrete outside a small plumbing shop in Queens when the owner showed me his phone screen. His business had vanished from the map. I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for this plumbing client whose listing…
Surviving a Manual Penalty: The Reinstatement Playbook I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van; they wanted proof of a utility bill under the exact GPS pin, a…
Getting Your Rankings Back After a Manual Search Strike I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van; they wanted proof of a utility bill under the exact GPS…
How to Overcome a Manual Penalty and Regain Visibility The smell of wet concrete always reminds me of a plumbing client in downtown Chicago who lost everything in a single afternoon. I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for this client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a…
Recovering your business identity from a Google Maps manual action I spent three months fighting a hard suspension for a plumbing client whose listing was nuked simply because they shared a suite number with a defunct law firm. Google didn’t want proof of a van; they wanted proof of a utility bill under the exact…
I stood on a rain-slicked sidewalk in Chicago last November. The air smelled like wet concrete and diesel. I was looking at the storefront of a plumbing client who had suddenly vanished from the digital world. His shop was physically right there; I could touch the brick. But on Google Maps, his business was a…
