Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session July 9, 2021

Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My Business, social media, email marketing, websites, online advertising and more.

Congratulations to Jason who has reached a Level 10 Local Guide on Google.
Stricter penalties of losing reviews for review gating.
Showing the source in Messages from Posts on GMB.
What are the best strategies for getting customers on Apple maps?
Apple maps is starting to crack down on Service Area Businesses.
Facebook ads for unnecessary voice search registration services.
Why you should care about Bing business listings.
How you can sync Bing with GMB.
What are the best practices when it comes to SEO to regularly update images to your GMB listing and website for a restaurant?
How can I better convert people who visit my GMB page?
Any success stories from using the Google website feature in GMB?
How should you work with filtered reviews?
Is Apple Maps only interested in providing driving directions to brick and mortar type businesses?
If you start with a GMB website and then create a full website with your own URL, will you lose any SEO benefits you built up?
Does Google want to see that you’re utilizing the different kinds of posts in your GMB listing?
What do you think about review throttling in terms of reputation management?