{"id":12902,"date":"2020-07-24T19:05:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/?p=12902"},"modified":"2020-10-26T15:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:38:37","slug":"this-new-gmb-feature-might-create-problems-for-car-dealerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/this-new-gmb-feature-might-create-problems-for-car-dealerships\/","title":{"rendered":"This New GMB Feature Might Create Problems for Car Dealerships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One digital channel a dealership has is a listing with Google My Business (GMB). Google recently announced that it can now pull <a title=\"Automotive Search Engine Optimization\" href=\"\/seo\/\">information about a business<\/a> from Facebook. This may sound like a good idea, but it can be a problem for a dealership if their information on either platform is not up-to-date or optimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-headquarters.jpg\" alt=\"Google Headquarters\" class=\"wp-image-12903\" width=\"518\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-headquarters.jpg 840w, https:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-headquarters-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/playnprint.com\/digisphere-marketing-old-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-headquarters-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that Google may use this technique to fill in incomplete data on a business listing in GMB. That?s where the problems can occur. If a business hasn?t looked at Facebook or other sources to ensure their information is correct, their GMB listing will be populated with data that could be in error or even take a customer to a wrong place or person. Some other reasons dealerships need to correct their business information include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Having a consistent and correct name, address, and telephone number (NAP) information improves your dealership?s SEO accuracy and search ranking, particularly for local searches<\/li><li>Taking the time to update across all platforms decreases the likelihood that Google will pull incorrect information into your GMB profile<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of getting your GMB information consistent with other platforms is called optimization, and it is valuable because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Correct business information means better search results<\/li><li>It provides you better customer tracking because you can see results for GMB phone calls, visits to your website, and location searches<\/li><li>You can quickly connect with customers who are ready to buy your vehicles<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DigiSphere Marketing<\/strong> can assist you with your GMB and social media platform profiles, as well as ensuring that you are SEO optimized for your model line and location. We are a full-service digital marketing agency that can provide website services, SEO, PPC, reputation management, social marketing management, and so much more. For more information call DigiSphere Marketing at <a title=\"Automotive Digital Marketing\" href=\"tel:18008074079\">800-807-4079<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One digital channel a dealership has is a listing with Google My Business (GMB). Google recently announced that it can now pull information about a business from Facebook. This may sound like a good idea, but it can be a problem for a dealership if their information on either platform is not up-to-date or optimized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Automotive SEO | Full Service Digital Marketing Agency | Sarasota FL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DigiSphere Marketing can assist you with your GMB and social media platform profiles. 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