There are some experiences that in some industries, just like the auto dealership business, there’s a bug with Google Enterprise Profile insights reporting. There exhibits a big and unaccounted-for spike in site visitors from Google Native and Google Maps for a few of these companies in these Google experiences.

There are two threads about this within the Native Search Boards – I noticed this by way of @keyserholiday. One native search engine optimization named George Nenni wrote, “We monitor GBP searches, views and actions for round 200 new automotive retailers, via a Jepto API into Knowledge Studio. We’re noticing greater than half of those profiles obtained unusual spikes in searches and views, however not actions. It’s the similar information we’re seeing instantly within the GBP dashboard (connected). We monitor separate profiles for gross sales, service, elements and physique store departments for every vendor. The problem is just taking place with the nested division listings.”

He shared this chart from the Insights report in Google Enterprise Profiles:

One other native search engine optimization, Annika Neudecker wrote, “We monitor our GBP insights for our places each month to look at progress and traits over time. I pulled my September information this morning and located a really curious change within the reported searches. It seems that the reported Direct searches elevated considerably (about +1 mil) whereas Discovery searches fell by almost precisely the identical quantity. This makes me marvel if Google has switched up the way it counts Direct and Discovery searches for GBP listings. We have not made any adjustments to our listings which might immediate an enormous change in how they’re being discovered.”

Jason Brown thinks it may be a bug or perhaps each. He said, “Bots or bug? Automobile dealerships noticed enormous spikes in views, however no clicks.”

I’m guessing bots?

Discussion board dialogue at Native Search Boards.