![]() ![]() Ignore phone calls that talk about “verifying your business with Google.” Ahhhhh… hopefully, that should be a weight off your shoulders. Either way, they’re going to try to connect you to a person who’s going to try to scam you. Don’t return voicemails from people who say things like, “this is Google calling we need you to verify your listing.” If you do answer the phone and you get that robocall, don’t press one to be added to Google, and don’t press two to be removed from the list. A little tiny postcard with your name, your business name, and your address on one side, and on the flip side, it’ll have something like a six-digit PIN, and when you get that postcard, go to /business, and then fill in that five or six-digit pin to verify your listing. It may take a couple of days or a couple of weeks from that point where an actual human being who actually works for Google will review your request and look at your application and make sure all the data looks accurate like you’re not scamming them or creating some fake business, and then they will mail you a postcard to the address that you put in your application. Now, what happens after that is you will submit your request to be included. If it isn’t, you can submit your business to be included in Google My Business. And if you type your name into the little box, it’s going to do a quick search and see if your business is already listed in Google My Business or not. So, basically, all you have to do is go to /business, and then it will ask you what your business name is. Now, if your business doesn’t show up in a Google My Business dashboard, you’re going to have to claim it. Google has a system called “Google My Business,” and if you’re concerned about your business’s actual listing on Google, you can visit /business, and log into the Google My Business dashboard, and then you will see whether your business has actually been verified in the past or needs to be verified.Įither way, you don’t need to call anybody, you don’t need to answer the phone, just visit /business, and if your business does show up there, you’re good to go. They are not related to Google at all… almost every single time I’ve seen these kinds of voicemails, and I’ve actually followed through, or I have potential clients who’ve followed through or who’ve asked me about them, it’s usually some third-party company that wants you to pay them $197 or $295 a month for three months or something like that. There are some serious scammers out there that use very misleading and tricky tactics to trick you into thinking that they are “with Google.” They’re not with Google. If you get voicemails like this, delete them, ignore them. And third of all, pressing two does not remove you from their list. Second of all, pressing one does not verify your listing. Google already-for the most part-already knows who you are, and you contact them to verify your business. Google doesn’t call businesses like that to verify your business. First of all, in case you couldn’t tell, that’s not Google calling you. Press two to be removed from this list.” Obnoxious Random Spam Caller If your account is not verified, customers searching for your services on Google will not find your listing. If you’re the business owner, press one now. Press one now so we can verify your business with Google. So here’s a topic that I’ve wanted to talk about for a while. ![]() ![]() Hi there! Ron Stauffer with Lieder Digital. ![]()
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