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Fixes for suspended, restricted and unverified Google Business Profiles, plus the local SEO playbooks we run for clients behind each one.
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 delete or remove a Google review: every option that works, with the odds
How to delete or remove a Google review: only Google, for a policy violation, or the reviewer can. Every route that works, with the odds and timelines.
Review button missing on your new Google Business Profile? Here's why
Customers can't leave reviews on your fresh Business Profile because Google paused them. Here's the cause (usually the opening date) and how to get reviews unlocked.
Competitor ranking from a fake address? How to report Google Business Profile address violations
The vacant trailer in the parking lot. The UPS mailbox listed as a storefront. The home-based contractor showing a public address. Here's how to get policy-violating competitors taken down.
Lost access to your Google Business Profile? How to get ownership back
The ex-spouse, former employee, or old agency owns your Google Business Profile. Here's the exact process to request and reclaim ownership.
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.
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.
Google Business Profile disappeared from Maps? Here's how to get it back
No suspension banner, no email, the profile is just gone. This is usually an account-level or identity-mismatch problem with a different recovery path than a standard suspension.
Google Business Profile verification stuck for more than 5 days? What to do
Google says verification takes up to 5 business days. If you're past that and still waiting, here are the specific steps to get the process moving.
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