by Scott Hendison | Dec 27, 2019
This morning I received two Paypal invoices that were sent to me directly. At first and even second glance they appear to be legitimate, but they’re not. The invoices looked like real invoices via email, and they contained the GoDaddy logo, but the $64 amount...
by Scott Hendison | Nov 14, 2019
I have a client that’s opened a second office, and I’m unable to add their GMB listing. After adding the address, I’m unable to proceed because there’s an error reading “Enter an address and marker that’s specify at the same...
by Scott Hendison | Nov 5, 2019
Google Search Console recently started delivering reports to webmasters who have their sites claimed, but it seems to be rolling out very slowly. Out of the dozens of sites that I have in GSC, for the month of September, I received only two, but this morning, for the...
by Scott Hendison | Oct 21, 2019
Were you one of the early adopters to Google My Business messaging? I’m talking about this button right here, that allows your customers to message you right from Google’s search results. If you were, then congratulations, and good for you – and oh...
by Scott Hendison | Oct 16, 2019
I was at the airport last week leaving for Pubcon and tried to add an image from the restaurant I was eating at, but I couldn’t do it. I Tweeted about the bug to Google My Business, who asked me to send them a DM with all the details, so I did. #BugReport...
by Scott Hendison | Oct 10, 2019
These are the slides from my Pubcon presentation on October 10, 2019, speaking in the agency track with the legendary Bill Hunt. Slides only Slides with notes And below is a video of my run through the night before…
by Scott Hendison | Sep 9, 2019
This morning Google killed off access to the “old” Webmaster Tools interface in Google Search Console, and with it, they’ve removed convenient access for two needed tools. If you’ve been poking around trying to find them, you’re not the...
by Scott Hendison | Jun 1, 2019
A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from someone claiming to be Chistyan Duran, and he was interested in renting our Mexican timeshare that we bought 20 years ago. The company was a familiar name, Remax Realty, and they were based in Eden Prairie Minnesota. While...
by Scott Hendison | Jan 28, 2019
For quite a while now, I’ve had issues adding properties to Google Search Console. Not every time, but often. It’s actually been going on for months, and it’s gotten a lot worse lately. Verification with Google Analytics used to work pretty well for...
by Scott Hendison | Oct 30, 2018
If you have a service area business with your street address hidden, and you serve customers in more than just your immediate area, there’s good news… Google is now allowing you to expand the service area in your Google My Business larger than a 300 mile...
