No, businesses generally cannot turn off Google reviews themselves. There is no setting in your Google Business Profile that allows you to disable reviews. However, Google may temporarily or permanently restrict reviews for certain business categories, during abusive review activity,…
TL;DR Businesses generally cannot turn off the Question and Answer (Q&A) section on their Google My Business (GMB) listing. The only exception is if a business faces excessive spam or harmful comments due to a public incident. If inappropriate content…
Google rolled out the broad Core Update in March 2023. Most of the time, the core updates impact both organic search results and map pack rankings. After performing some analysis on a company that saw significant drops in their local…
When it comes to tracking for local SEO, we're usually talking about keyword rank tracking. However, one of the best metrics to report on for your local campaigns is the amount of leads that came in. For that, you will…
TL;DR Businesses can't block users from uploading photos to their Google My Business (GMB) listing, except in rare cases. Inappropriate images from a public incident may lead to the option to disable photo uploads. If a user-uploaded image violates Google’s…
Grapevine, TX
A full day of education from the best in local search. Your $299 ticket includes breakfast, lunch, and on-demand video after the event.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
8:45 AM – 5:00 PM CT
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