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Duplicate Google Business Profile? How to find it, merge it, and keep the reviews
A second listing splits your reviews, and Google may show it instead of the one you manage. Here’s how to find every duplicate Google Business Profile, pick the one to keep, and get the other merged or removed without losing reviews.
Google Business Profile suspended? The complete reinstatement guide
Step-by-step recovery for a suspended Google Business Profile. What documents Google actually accepts, the exact appeal flow, and what to do if the first appeal gets denied.
Google Business Profile verification: every method, how long each takes, and what to do when it fails
How to verify a business on Google: the methods Google offers (video, live call, phone, email, postcard, Search Console, bulk), how long each typically takes, how to tell whether your profile is verified, and where to go when a code never arrives or a video is rejected.
Google says your business is permanently closed, but you’re open? How to fix it in 10 minutes
A red “Permanently closed” label on an open business is a data edit, not a penalty, and you can reverse it from your own profile in about 10 minutes. Here’s the exact path, what to do if Google flips it back, and how long calls take to return.
How to transfer ownership of a Google Business Profile (and when to request access instead)
Access to a Google Business Profile follows the Google account, not the business. Here is the People and access path to transfer primary ownership, the roughly one-week waiting period nobody plans for, how to add and remove managers, and when to file a request for access instead.
Why is my business not showing up on Google? The 20-minute diagnostic
Eight reasons a Google Business Profile does not appear on Search or Maps, ordered by how often each one is the cause. In our cases the large majority are unverified, suspended, or silently removed. About 20 minutes to check.
No Google Business category fits? Choose before you verify
How to pick your Google Business Profile business type and primary category when nothing fits, and avoid failed verification or a deceptive-content suspension.
Hotel star rating wrong on Google? Who sets it, and the fix
Google assigns hotel class ratings from official classifiers, booking-site data, and machine learning. You can't edit the stars yourself. Here's the fix path.
Closing a business? How to mark a Google Business Profile permanently closed (the right way)
Removing a profile from your Google account doesn't remove it from Maps. Here's the correct sequence for closing a business profile so it stops showing up in Search and Maps.