The Illegal Legal Way Some Reviews are Removed

Fake cases with real legal injunctions. [Washington Post]

Getting into the Big Leagues of Local SEO

It’s a team marathon. [SearchEngineLand)

GMB Testing Advanced Verification on Spammy Industries

Plumbers and locksmiths in San Diego have to go through a Pinkerton check to verify their GMB pages or see them deleted. [Blumenthal]

Google Testing Add Missing Place in Local Tack

When a Local Stack search results is missing a third listing, Google is asking users to add a business. [SEMPost]

GMB Tests “From the Menu” to Add Food Photos

Any diner can add to a GMB page for this new section in the GMB Knowledge Graph display.  [SEMPost]

Sharing Link Added to GMB

In is passive aggressive monopolistic way, Google tries to step in between your device’s sharing options with its own share button on GMB. [Blumenthals]