I see solo owners fall into the same trap. They have 80 glowing five-star reviews on Yelp — and a Google profile sitting at 11 reviews and a 3.9. Then they wonder why they're not showing up on the map. Here's the truth nobody tells them: Google only counts Google reviews. When Google picks the map pack — the three businesses under the map — it checks three things on your Google Business Profile: how many reviews you have, your star rating, and how fresh those reviews are. That's the whole sco...

Awesome Leads Local SEO: Your Five-Star Yelp Reviews Don't Move Your Google Ranking — Only Google Reviews Do

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