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Google Updates GMB Listings For Car Dealers… Again

Yesterday, Google rolled out a major update for Google My Business listings for car dealers. Nested department listings are now explicitly listed in the GMB panel: Before I talk a bit more about this, let’s provide a little history to show why this update is important… Back in March, Google…

Greg GiffordApril 17, 2020

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Page Speed for SMB’s: Common Page Speed Issues

In the first post of this series, I talked about the page speed metrics that I think make the most sense to focus on, Time to First Byte (TTFB) and First Contentful Paint (FCP). There are a lot of different tools that can help us diagnose the issues that commonly…

Niki MosierApril 15, 2020

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Carrie HillApril 13, 2020

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New Reviews Now Showing at Google – Sort of

Update to the Update 4/9 9:48 PM Google has updated their GMB Covid-19 page to indicate that leave a review functionality is currently rolling out on a region by region basis: “Review replies are now available. New user reviews, new user photos, new short names, and Q&A will gradually return…

Mike BlumenthalApril 9, 2020

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Page Speed for SMB’s: Why Page Speed Matters

For SMBs and SMB marketers, there can be a lot of moving parts when it comes to maintaining a website. There is no doubt how important page speed is, but diagnosing and fixing page speed issues can be outside the skill set of many SMBs. The goal of this blog…

Niki MosierApril 8, 2020

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Ability to Respond to Google Reviews Returns to Dashboard, App and API

It appears that the ability to respond to Google reviews has been turned back on by Google. We have tested via the API, the GMB App and the GMB dashboard and all three methods now are capable of publishing review responses in near real time. H/T to Kyle Harris at…

Mike BlumenthalApril 7, 2020

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Google Updates GMB Listings For Car Dealers… Again

Page Speed for SMB’s: Common Page Speed Issues

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New Reviews Now Showing at Google – Sort of

Page Speed for SMB’s: Why Page Speed Matters

Ability to Respond to Google Reviews Returns to Dashboard, App and API

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