Online Ownership

11/10/2025

I won the Ambassador Award at the Google Product Expert Summit in Dublin.

Never saw that one coming 🧐

22/08/2025

📣 Careers Advisors in Tech – Looking for something different for your students?

Introduce them to the Google Product Expert Programme.
It’s not a job – it’s a rare, global opportunity to boost their tech skills, CV & confidence.

Read more 👉
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The Google Product Expert Programme – a unique, CV-boosting opportunity for students passionate about tech and Google tools.

16/04/2025

SinglePlatform is back at it—scraping your services + hijacking your Google Business Profile via Tripadvisor.

No consent. No opt-out. No shame. Google still trusts this mess? Here’s how to report it and get it removed

SinglePlatform is back—this time piggybacking off Tripadvisor to hijack your Google Business Profile. Here’s how to remove them.

28/02/2025

Frustrated with a rejected Google Business Profile appeal?

Stop businessplaining and start submitting the right documents! Explanations won’t get your profile reinstated—matching business name and address will.

Here's why your appeal was denied and how to fix it.

Businessplaining your Google Business Profile appeal won't work. Why explanations fail and what documents you need for approval

14/10/2024

🚨 I can't believe I am about to say this; STOP moaning to Google!

Google is a platform, not the ultimate judge. 💥

Google should be your second stop, not your first.

How to report US businesses with fake or incentivised reviews to the FTC and review platforms, ensuring a fair marketplace.

19/09/2024

Google has decided that Forbes is the authority in everything. Credit cards, cockroach removal, and getting too high from gummies. Forbes is now the dominant authority in damn near everything.

And that is fu***ng absurd.

Are you sick of Forbes appearing in search results? For topics that Forbes doesn’t have any expertise in? Here’s the organic rankings for “best pet insurance”: Forbes ranks #2. Not sure a business website knows how pet insurance actually works. But okay. They also have the #1 ranking for bes...

06/09/2024

Think unverified or soft-suspended Google Business Profiles can't rank?

Think again! Discover how these profiles can still perform well with the right strategy, even in competitive markets.

Unverified and soft-suspended Google Business Profiles can still rank well in competitive markets. How a strategic approach works

03/09/2024

I report these every year, maybe the 5th year is a charm!

Crazy me thinking Google would create some kind of algo to catch this stuff 😂

UK Google Business Profiles misuse Mail Boxes Etc. addresses, distorting local search. Google must act to clean up this mess.

23/08/2024

Incomplete addresses on Google Business Profiles are misleading users and damaging trust. Despite clear guidelines, these loopholes persist, especially in regions with developed postal systems. It's time for Google to take action and fix this issue.

Google Business Profiles plagued by incomplete addresses, undermining trust and user experience. Close the loopholes and call for action.

21/08/2024

🚨 Google's broken reporting system is letting spam & fake businesses slip through the cracks, risking user trust and safety.

It's time we hold Google accountable.

Google's failure to act on spam listings endangers user trust and safety, highlighting a broken reporting system on Google Business Profiles.

04/06/2024

Verification Help via Status Tool for Google Business Profiles

If you are struggling to get your Google Business Profile verified, whether through Video, Live Chat, or the good old-fashioned postcard, the verification status tool now has additional options to enable businesses to get verification support.

The Google Business Profile verification status checker tool now provides addition help for verification issues.

24/04/2024

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it.

The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significantly behind.

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then