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Google My Business Disables Select Categories for Service Area Businesseshttps://localu.org/google-my-business-disables-select-categories-for-service-area-businesses/By Joy Hawkins on Aug 06, 2021 11:44 am Several weeks ago, a thread came up on the Local Search Forum where Jim Frolling noticed a business had their primary category in Google My Business changed from “tire store” to “wheel shop”.  He noticed that this appeared to happen to every single listing on Google that did not have...Read it! » 

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