You searched for your own business and found a second listing. Old address, a phone number you stopped using in 2022, and 34 reviews you had no idea existed. The instinct is to delete it and be done. That instinct…
“The brokerage already has a Google listing, so I don’t need one.” That belief costs Dubai agents more enquiries than almost anything else, and it rests on a misunderstanding of what the brokerage profile actually does. It ranks the brokerage.…
You opened a second branch, so you created a second Google Business Profile. Then a third. Now you are logging in and out of separate accounts, the Deira listing still shows last year’s Ramadan hours, and nobody is quite sure…
There is one question during Google Business Profile setup that decides more about your profile’s survival than anything else you fill in. “Do customers visit your business address?” Most owners answer it in about two seconds, pick whichever sounds more…
You verified your Google Business Profile. A few weeks later Google asked you to verify it again. You did. Then it asked again. Now you are staring at a message with no obvious way past it: “No more ways to…
The email arrives and says your appeal has been denied. No reason. No explanation. No suggestion of what to do next. For most business owners that is where it ends. They assume a human reviewed the case, decided against them,…
Client: “We’re a free zone company. Our address is technically a flexi-desk. Can we even use Google Business Profile?” Here’s the honest answer most agencies won’t give you upfront: probably not, the way you’re picturing it. Virtual and unstaffed flexi-desk…
Client: “We’re on the 14th floor of a Business Bay tower. There’s no street sign with our name on it. How do we even film this?” Honest answer: not the way Google’s instructions describe it. The standard verification video assumes…
Client: “It says verified. I searched my own business name. Nothing came up.” That panic is real, and completely understandable. But verified and visible aren’t the same thing. Google runs your profile through setup, verification, and trust checks as separate…
Client: “It’s been three days. I’ll just make a new one.” Don’t. That single decision is what turns a temporary suspension into a permanent loss. Here’s why creating a new listing while you wait backfires, and what to do instead:…