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5. "I took care of your Google listing - pay me!"
Google Business Profile is a tool to which you can assign access, for example, when you work with a marketing agency. Then the Google Business Profile can be managed by the person to whom you grant access. Then and only then, can someone actually look after and manage your company profile in Google Maps.
Scammers have always taken advantage of their victims' ignorance, so if zalo database you've been running your business card yourself from the very beginning and haven't given anyone access, and someone tells you they've been "taking care of" your Google business card profile, you can be sure that this is an attempt at perfidious fraud.
6. Adding a pin on Google Maps – a paid additional service?
Google Business Card is characterized by the fact that it is a versatile tool. It is connected not only to the owner's website , but also to Google Maps. Working on the business card does not require additional fees, because, as has already been mentioned a few times, Google Business Card is a free tool (you can pay someone to manage your Google Business Card , but this is your voluntary decision, not a compulsion from Google). An interesting service that most of you probably know about, or were not aware of, is the fact that you can have a pin on the business card in Google Maps, thanks to which it is more visible in search results. Google Business Profile cards appear on the map immediately after verification with a pin indicating the company's location.
Unfortunately, this option, which is adding a pin, is also used dishonestly by scammers. Remember that this option is also completely free and Google will not ask you to pay a fee, and the pin appears in maps when you create your business card and add an address to it.
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Interesting fact: "You can't position your business card profile"
An increasingly common question on the web is: "Can a Google business card be positioned?". This is due to the real plague of fraudsters who promised high positions to business card owners, and then disappeared with the money after making a payment. That is why more and more people search for information on the web, coming across "experts" who not only have nothing to do with business cards, but also do not know what positioning a business card is. Unfortunately, many people trust their knowledge without verifying it in other sources.
On the web we can often come across opinions that there is no such thing as business card positioning and that anyone who offers it is a fraud. A Google business card can be positioned similarly to a website, and information on how algorithms determine rankings can be found even in Google articles - check it out!
We would like to clarify this knowledge and indicate that managing a business card, and therefore positioning, is possible. This is confirmed by a multitude of our satisfied customers .
Be wary of these types of comments, phone calls, messages, or advice! Always verify the people you are contacting, especially when you are not sure who you are talking to.
