William Powell

Digital Marketing Professional @OMGNational, GBP Gold Product Expert @GooglePEProgram

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Looks like Google has taken away the option to open a ticket to move a Service Area Business. @OMGNational @SterlingSkyInc @rustybrick @henryh954 @JoyanneHawkins @BubblesUp

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Proud to annouce I was awarded top contributor in the @GoogleMyBiz Help Community for Jan 2026. Big thank you to the @GooglePEProgram for the gift!

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

My @GooglePEProgram Year in Review! I'm honored to have been selected to join the program in 2025 and be promoted to Gold PE a few months ago. Looking forward to continuing to help small businesses further in 2026 as I push towards Platinum PE.

[Tim Capper @GuideTwit]

You can now post an update across multiple Google Business Profiles

After posting this pop up appears if you want to add to other profiles, nice !

[Barry Schwartz @rustybrick]

New Google Business Profiles Insights section being tested https://t.co/396AOhS1jR via @OMGNational and @William_SEOPro

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Thanks for the swag @GooglePEProgram!

[OMG National @OMGNational]

New "Insights" button spotted on Google Business Profile. s/o to @William_SEOPro

@rustybrick @JoyanneHawkins Is this new?

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Proud to announce that I've been promoted to Gold Product Expert status within the Google Business Profile community @GooglePEProgram. Looking forward to continuing to learn, help more community members, and support my crew at @OMGNational in new ways.

[OMG National @OMGNational]

Google has a new troubleshooter for stuck Google Business Profile edits!

If your GBP edits are stuck in "pending" or "not approved," this new tool could be your fix.

Huge shout-out to our GBP specialist Julia Guerra for spotting this! 👇
https://t.co/8enyDLxXJo
@rustybrick

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

@JoyanneHawkins @thekingelephant @OMGNational @mblumenthal @rustybrick @DarrenShaw_ @henryh954 Yes! It's entirely possible they were just tidying up copy. They still have articles that refer to GBP as GMB.

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

@thekingelephant @OMGNational @JoyanneHawkins @mblumenthal @rustybrick @DarrenShaw_ @henryh954 More "Prominence" changes: "Google review count" was changed to "reviews and positive ratings" - possibly noting the importance of off-Google reviews. And with social linking, I wonder if follower count is also considered in "how well-known a business is."

[OMG National @OMGNational]

🚨 BREAKING: Google has quietly updated its documentation on local ranking factors, and the changes are significant.
The section on "Prominence" has been completely reworded, removing key phrases SEOs have relied on for years.
OLD vs. NEW side-by-side 👇
#LocalSEO #SEO

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

It looks like @Google has taken utility bills off the list of accepted documents for submitting appeals. It's more important than ever to make sure your business documents are up-to-date. @OMGNational @henryh954

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Official @GoogleMaps Street View coverage of Vietnam is dropping now! Coverage dating as far back as 2017.

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Google rebranded GMB to GBP in 2021. Absolutely wild that their own AI is using the wrong product language.

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

Official @GoogleMaps Street View coverage of Namibia has been rolling out since last night!

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

@mike_bfgfirm @JoyanneHawkins I think this is a separate issue (I posted about your issue here yesterday, though). Joy is talking about entire GBPs disappearing from the business manager, as if they were somehow deleted.

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

@JoyanneHawkins @deegs20 Services, as a whole aspect of the GBP, need a total rework. Just decoupling them from the categories would be a huge win.

[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

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[William Powell @William_SEOPro]

NEW GBP issue: When clicking to edit a profile, services, products etc., the entire manager section disappears. The bug doesn't seem to be happening to every profile, and not consistent across users in our agency. Is anyone else seeing this?