Guides

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Local search, websites, ownership, analytics and payments, answered the way we would answer them on the phone. Exact steps, in order, with the part that needs a lawyer marked as needing a lawyer.

Local search and Google Business Profile

How a business shows up on Google Maps and in the local pack: the profile, the reviews, the listings that feed it, and the parts that get businesses suspended.

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October 28, 2026How to remove a fake Google reviewWhat Google will actually take down, how to report it so the report holds up, what to do when it is rejected, and how to handle the reviews that are not going anywhere.
October 16, 2026Service area businesses on Google Business ProfileWhen to hide your address, how to set service areas the way Google's rules require, and why listing a city is not the same as ranking in it.
October 16, 2026A local SEO checklist, in the order that actually moves resultsMost checklists hand you forty equal items. This one is ordered by what changes where you show up first, so you can stop when you run out of time and still have done the right things.
October 16, 2026Local business schema markup, done properlyA short block of code that tells search engines exactly who you are and where you work. Easy to write, easy to get subtly wrong, and quick to test.
October 16, 2026How to rank higher on Google MapsGoogle tells you the three things it uses. Only two of them are yours to change, and knowing which one is not will save you money on promises nobody can keep.
October 16, 2026How to get more Google reviewsWhere to find your review link, when and how to ask, the three things Google prohibits that small businesses do most often, and how to reply.
October 16, 2026Google Business Profile suspended: why it happened and how to get it backWhat Google's own policy pages say causes a suspension, how to file the one appeal you get, and the mistakes that turn a fixable problem into a permanent one.
October 16, 2026Which business directories matter for local SEOYou do not need three hundred listings. You need a short list of the ones customers and search engines actually read, each one claimed, accurate and identical.
October 16, 2026How to add a manager to your Google Business ProfileThe exact clicks to add, remove and change people on your profile, which role to give each of them, and how to avoid the day nobody left can remove anybody.
August 28, 2026Who owns your Google Business Profile?It sits above the search results, it carries every review you have earned, and those reviews cannot be transferred. It is also the asset owners are least likely to actually control.

Websites: cost, hiring and build

What a website should cost, what it has to contain, how to choose who builds it, and how to tell if the one you have is working.

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Ownership and accounts

The questions owners ask once something has gone wrong, answered the way we would answer them on the phone. Specific accounts, in order, with the part that needs a lawyer marked as needing a lawyer.

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Analytics and tracking

Analytics you own, numbers you can trust, and a short list of what an owner actually needs to look at each week.

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Payments and checkout

What card processing really costs, how to take deposits and online payments, and how to set it up so the money and the job records agree.

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Taking new work

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Domain, repository, hosting and analytics opened in your name on day one, so none of the above is ever your problem.

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