![]() ![]() They had a Groupon for a one-month unlimited membership for 74% off. The first one I looked up was a local boxing academy called Durham Boxing Academy. I went to the Groupon site and looked up a few local businesses in my area. I discovered that this is a common practice. I found the Groupon ads that Phil pointed out to be fascinating so I wanted to see to what extent Groupon was bidding on brand names of companies that used Groupon. Their initial response was that this was a test being run with Groupon, but they are trying to confirm.” Awaiting return from a call into AdWords. I have management access to this GMB account, and we did not have to authorize or grant access to Groupon or Google for this. “ Here is a Groupon ad placed directly in a mobile Google My Business listing for the same business, similar to + Evan Oder ‘s example. Phil noticed that a paid ad/deal for a Groupon was appearing for the business on mobile. There was an interesting discovery last week by Phillip Barnhart shared over at the Local Search Pros community. ![]() Although these articles cover a lot of ground, the underlying lesson that you need to have a grasp on is the fact that you have less control over your listing than you think, and you certainly don’t own your listing. ![]() Joy touched on this recently in her Moz article titled “ Yes, Competitors Can Edit Your Listing on Google My Business ” and I highlighted an example of this back in the day when I wrote this article for Imprezzio Marketing titled “ Why the $%!# Does Google Keep Updating My Business Hours? (A Case Study). If I had to pick one misconception about Google My Business that has withstood the test of time, it’s the misconception, or rather myth, that the business owner who has claimed and verified the page is now the owner of that page. ![]()
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