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On 9 October 2026, Google added gluten-free and dairy-free dietary tags to Food Menus in the Business Profile API (v4.9) . It’s a small change and a useful one.
Michel van Luijtelaar
Google Business Profile Search impressions in the EEA collapsed in four days. Across roughly 15,000 EEA locations in 24 countries, Mobile Search impressions fell 74%, and Desktop S...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Storage is a broad category. It covers everything from a house move needing a 200 sq ft unit to a traveller needing a locker for one backpack. Whether you run a national self-stora...
Sophie Noble
How to Optimise Your Google Business Profile with GMBapi
Sophie Noble
If your agency is stuck somewhere between 10 and 15 clients, you already know the pain. Citation audits pile up. Google Business Profile posts go stale. Review responses lag. Repor...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Search behaviour in micro-mobility has changed. Customers aren't searching for "bike shops" anymore. They're searching for "Bosch diagnostics," "fast EV charging," or "secure e-bik...
Sophie Noble
Your Google Business Profile isn't a digital business card anymore. It's an interactive menu, a booking engine, and a live source of reviews all in one place. Feed it the wrong dat...
Sophie Noble
Google is putting a Book button on your ads, and nobody has to switch it on. Reserve with Google appointment booking is extending out of organic Local Search and Maps and onto Goog...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Whitespark has earned a strong place in the local seo market, especially among consultants and agencies that rely on citation research, citation building, and local rank tracking....
Michel van Luijtelaar
Optimise Your Local SEO Success
Michel van Luijtelaar
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Google is calling your business and writing directly to your Google Business Profile. A new Collected Info tab, rolling out inside the Business Profile dashboard on Search and Maps...
Michel van Luijtelaar
We ran a little experiment this week. The GMBapi team, remote and spread across different homes and networks, with a mix of Android and iPhone, pulled up the same business listing...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Apple held its annual developer conference yesterday. Most of the coverage is about the new Siri AI and Liquid Glass tweaks. But there’s a quieter story that matters more to local...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Protecting your brand’s reputation across hundreds or thousands of locations takes time most teams don’t have. Our latest product release is built to give multi-location brands and...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Google now silently rejects review replies. No notification. No explanation. Your reply sits in a REJECTED state in the API while you assume it went live.
Michel van Luijtelaar
As a business, keeping your services updated is crucial for your rankings. The more relevant services you list, the easier it is for customers to find you. However, manually updati...
Michel van Luijtelaar
You’re a “Gas Station,” a “Dentist,” or a “Golf Club”, and you’ve stopped at that. But as of April 2026, Google has changed the rules of the game.
Sophie Noble
In today’s digital-first dining landscape, your restaurant’s success isn’t just about the food on the plate; it’s about how easily a hungry guest can find you on their screen. Whet...
Michel van Luijtelaar
Looking to manage your business’s online details more efficiently? The Google Business Profile API offers a seamless way to update and control your business information on Google....
Michel van Luijtelaar
At GMBapi.com, our goal has always been to simplify the relationship between a brand and its local presence. As portfolios grow and local SEO becomes more technical, the tools used...
Michel van Luijtelaar
We’ve recently rolled out GMBapi.com API keys, giving you programmatic control over your GBP data.
Sophie Noble
For four years, the Google Business Profile API was a graveyard. No updates. No new endpoints. Silence.
Sophie Noble
Local SEO is the backbone of every successful multi-location business. Tools like Local Brand Manager (LBM) have long been a go-to for technical SEOs who want deep control, with fe...
Michel van Luijtelaar
