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15 hours ago

Google Deleting Local Reviews More Than Ever

GMBapi posted data that looks at tens of thousands of Google Business Profiles across multiple countries and showed that review deletions have increased significantly over the year, compared to previous periods. Michel van Luijtelaar wrote on LinkedIn, "Google Reviews are disappearing, and it's not random." He said: Review deletions are accelerating 5-star and 1-star reviews are most affected In English-speaking markets, positive reviews are disproportionately removed. In Germany, legal takedowns are erasing negative reviews at scale.
Online marketing
Marketing tech
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
5 days ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 17, 2025

Google and Bing are testing new AI-generated snippets, interface features, and profile review processes while feed personalization and review guidance are rolling out and evolving.
Marketing tech
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
2 months ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: October 10, 2025

Google introduces review-extortion reporting, SR2-powered Voice Search, Analytics traffic anomalies; Google Ads adds a missed-growth report; Microsoft offers AI Search optimization guidance.
fromwww.seroundtable.com
3 months ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 2025

The Google August 2025 spam update touched down very quickly and is already stirring things up. Google is testing rounded snippet designs. Google Business Profiles NMX shows a new Profiles button for some. Google added guidance for JavaScript-based paywalls. Bing Webmaster Tools sitemaps sometimes is not showing the index coverage button. And I posted the weekly SEO video recap. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google August 2025 Spam Update Impact Felt Quickly
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fromSearch Engine Roundtable
4 months ago

Google Posts Creation Tool Updated

The "Add Update" button has been replaced with a new management screen where you can easily see and manage all your posts in one place.
E-Commerce
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fromSearch Engine Roundtable
5 months ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2025

Google has updated its local ranking documentation, indicating potential adaptations in the algorithm. New features may be introduced, enhancing local search performance for businesses.
Digital life
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
5 months ago

Google Business Profiles Automatically Adding Social Media Links

We're seeing a huge surge of Google updating social media links on Google Business Profiles in our Whitespark Local Platform software. Hundreds of locations (maybe thousands). It's like: "We gave you the chance to update these yourself, but you didn't, so we're taking matters into our own hands."
E-Commerce
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fromSearch Engine Roundtable
6 months ago
Online marketing

Google Business Profiles Disappearing

Some Google Business Profiles are disappearing mysteriously, and Google is aware of and investigating the issue.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
7 months ago
Business

Google Business Profiles Toggle For Show Business Address Broken

Google Business Profiles is experiencing a bug affecting the address visibility toggle for businesses.
Marketing tech
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
6 months ago

Google Business Profiles Performance Report Chat Clicks

Google Business Profiles now have 'Chat Clicks' to measure user engagement from chat conversations in local results.
The data is likely a relabeling of the existing Messaging Clicks report.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
8 months ago

Google Posts/Updates Go Missing From Local Panels

Google Posts are disappearing from local panels in Google Search, causing user frustration and a lack of official communication from Google regarding the issue.
Social media marketing
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