TL;DR Images in mobile Google search results can help your business stand out, but they don’t appear for every search query. To get an image in the mobile search results, use a square image, place it near the top of…
The Skunk Photo That Tanked Rankings Years ago, we worked with a business whose website included a stock photo of a skunk. But this photo didn’t help their rankings. Instead, it hurt them. Why? Google’s algorithm was looking for a…
When people talk about what strategies they utilize in Local SEO to get their client's ranking, I often hear references to geotagging images. TL;DR Adding geotags to images in Google Business Profile (GBP) listings had no measurable impact on rankings…
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We have been doing a lot of testing around images in the last year at Sterling Sky. You can read about the tests we did on geotagging photos and the cover photo you select in Google My Business. For this…
Why is my Google Business Profile cover photo not showing in the search results? It could be related to what you search for, it could be related to what Google chooses to display, or it could be that Google automatically…
Google Business Profiles (GBPs) are an incredibly valuable tool for local businesses. Some of the parts of a GBP are easy (choose your primary category, add in your Google Business Profile services, link to your GBP landing page, add photos…
I often see posts come up in Facebook groups that recommend adding photos constantly to your Google My Business listing because this helps a business rank higher in the local pack results. Most people say it's because Google likes "fresh"…
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…
When I was working on a project recently, I realized that the filename you use on an image that is uploaded to Google My Business stays in-tact. Meaning, when you download the image from the listing on Google, it keeps…
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