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Local SEO

Google Business Profile Optimization: A Checklist for Local Service Businesses

A practical, setting-by-setting checklist for your Google Business Profile: categories, services, service areas, hours, photos, attributes, your review link, the end of Q&A, how Google's AI features summarize your profile, keeping it current, and multi-location notes.

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StarFlywheel Team
12 min read
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Review Management

How to Remove Fake Google Reviews (and What to Do When Google Won't)

How to tell a fake review from a harsh one, how Google's report and one-time appeal work, Google's new extortion form, the FTC fake-review rule, 2026 policy changes that can remove your own reviews, and why steady genuine reviews are the real defense.

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StarFlywheel Team
13 min read

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