Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 4:39:44 GMT
The Google Yahoo and Bing over fake spam listings as reported by Joy Hawkins. While some changes like the Possum update seemed to have a positive impact overall root problems such as multiple business listings and many other issues still exist in the local search ecosystem. And there are other technically nonspammy ways that users are also manipulating Google results. Lets look at a couple of these examples. Its not all spam. Businesses are going to great lengths to stay within the GMB guidelines manipulate results. Lets look at an example of a personal injury attorney in the Denver market. Recently I came across these results when doing a search for trial attorneys _.png Look at the result listing entitled Denver Trial Lawyers.
I originally thought this was spam and wanted to report it but I Kazakhstan Phone Number List had to do my due diligence first. To start I needed to verify that the listing was actually spam by looking at the official business name. surprise the business name in the logo is actually Denver Trial Lawyers. business name.png This intrigued me so I decided to see if they were using a deceptive logo to advertise the business name or if this was the actual business name. I checked out the Colorado Secretary of States website and did a little digging around. After a few minutes I found the legally registered trade name through their online search portal.
The formation date of this entity was so they appear to have been planning on using the name for some time. I also reviewed their MapMaker listing history to see when this change was made and whether it reflected the trade name registration. I saw that on October the business updated their MapMaker listing to reflect the new business name. mapmakerhistory.png After all of this I decided to take this one step further and called the business. When I did the autoattendant answered with.
I originally thought this was spam and wanted to report it but I Kazakhstan Phone Number List had to do my due diligence first. To start I needed to verify that the listing was actually spam by looking at the official business name. surprise the business name in the logo is actually Denver Trial Lawyers. business name.png This intrigued me so I decided to see if they were using a deceptive logo to advertise the business name or if this was the actual business name. I checked out the Colorado Secretary of States website and did a little digging around. After a few minutes I found the legally registered trade name through their online search portal.
The formation date of this entity was so they appear to have been planning on using the name for some time. I also reviewed their MapMaker listing history to see when this change was made and whether it reflected the trade name registration. I saw that on October the business updated their MapMaker listing to reflect the new business name. mapmakerhistory.png After all of this I decided to take this one step further and called the business. When I did the autoattendant answered with.