Local SEO experts know GMB suspensions can really hurt a small business, but these suspensions are not always easy to avoid. This is especially true when a business owner is managing their own listing, and doesn't have the benefit of experience to know that what they're doing could trigger a suspension.
Some pitfalls are a surprise for even the experts – many local SEOs don't realize that suggesting edits on Google Maps and managing a listing with the same account can be a dangerous combination.
Suspensions seem to "surge" at times, and according to experts like Ben Fisher of SteadyDemand, Google is in the middle of a crackdown at the moment.
So, only north of 100 suspensions hit my desk today... account level, someone breathing on a listing (literally), phone number change. Sigh... time to help some people out. #localseo pic.twitter.com/1JG9XaM4yV
— Ben Fisher (@TheSocialDude) September 22, 2020
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