Can a “Near Me” Legal Business Name Be Used on Google Maps?
Apply Google’s real-world-name rule to a legally registered “near me” brand, document consistent public use, and optimize local relevance without a naming shortcut.
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Do Google Business Profile Posts Increase Actions? A Matched-Weekday Test Protocol
A preregistered local test for comparing matched weekdays with and without Business Profile posts while preserving calls, clicks, directions and confounders. Results pending.
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Do First-Party Review Pages Change AI Answers? Test Protocol
A consent-based experiment for testing whether a crawlable first-party review page is retrieved or reflected in repeated AI answers. Results pending.
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Google Business Profile Without a Website: What You Can Verify
A website is not listed as a Google Business Profile eligibility requirement, but eligibility, verification, accurate profile data, and a website serve different jobs.
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Do AI Assistants Prefer Business Profiles, Websites or Directories for Local Recommendations?
A preregistered protocol for comparing local recommendation sources across ChatGPT Search, Google AI Mode and Maps, Bing or Copilot, and Perplexity.
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Manage a Google Business Profile in Gemini Without Losing Change Control
Gemini can help eligible owners manage one verified Google Business Profile. Use an approval ledger so drafts, edits, posts, and review replies remain accountable.
