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Yan Gilbert

Yan Gilbert

Yan has been creating websites since 2008 and now enjoys helping others grow their businesses through SEO. Initially a freelance Toronto based local SEO consultant, he was recruited to join the team at SterlingSky. He is certified in many digital marketing products including Google Analytics, Google Mobile sites and Inbound Marketing through Hubspot Academy. Armed with a psychology degree from McGill University, Yan is adept at finding ways to help businesses achieve great ROI from their marketing efforts. Read Yan's full bio here.

    New Recorded Video Verification for Google Business Profiles

    By Yan Gilbert / March 2, 2022

    Google has recently updated its help center article on business profile verification methods. The updated method is the ‘Video recording’ method. The option had been available sporadically but it is now being offered to more people who want to verify their listing. Don’t confuse this with the older ‘Live video call’ method, which was primarily…

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    Ability to Add More Appointment Links into GMB Knowledge Panel

    By Yan Gilbert / July 10, 2020

    Google has updated the Appointment Link field in the GMB dashboard to allow for more than one link. There does not seem to be any restrictions on the amount of appointment links you can add right now.On desktop, the links currently show up in sequence. Although it looks like they are reversing the order after…

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