Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Effective Date: May 23, 2026

You are reading the rules of engagement for GBP Exorcist. We clean up local search data. We diagnose ranking drops. We do not control Google. Read these terms carefully before you use our site, read our guides, or implement our strategies.

Local SEO is a volatile environment. The rules change constantly. We built this site to share operational realities, not theoretical fluff. By accessing gbpexorcist.com, you agree to play by the rules outlined below.

1. Agreeing to the Rules

Using this website means you accept these terms in full. If you disagree with our methods, our disclaimers, or our policies, you should leave the site. We designed this resource for business owners and local SEO practitioners who want the unvarnished truth about Google Business Profiles. Accessing our content, downloading our audit checklists, or reading our case studies constitutes your binding agreement to these terms.

We do not force anyone to follow our advice. You are here by choice.

2. The Reality of Google Business Profiles

We provide strategies based on years of recovering suspended profiles and purging bad citation data. We do not guarantee rankings. Nobody can. Google updates its local algorithm without warning. A tactic that works today might trigger a soft suspension tomorrow.

We share what works in our own operational testing. You apply it at your own risk. If your profile gets suspended because you stuffed keywords into your business name after reading a guide here, that falls entirely on you. We document the friction of local search. We show you how to appeal a video verification failure. We explain how to report rogue competitor edits. We do not promise that Google support will actually fix your problem.

Your business listing is subject to Google’s internal guidelines. We are an independent educational resource. We have no insider connection to the search giant. Treat our guides as field manuals, not guaranteed formulas.

3. Our Content and Your Usage

We write every word on this site. We test the methods. We take the screenshots. The guides, audit templates, and breakdown videos belong exclusively to GBP Exorcist. We spend hours tracking grid movements and isolating variables so you do not have to.

You cannot scrape our site. You cannot spin our articles. You cannot package our local SEO audits as your own paid agency service. Intellectual property theft is a massive problem in the SEO industry. We do not tolerate it.

Here is what you can do:

  • Link directly to our articles from your own blog.
  • Quote short excerpts of our research, provided you include a clear, do-follow attribution link.
  • Share our guides with your clients to explain why their profile needs a cleanup.
  • Use our free checklists internally for your own business.

Steal our work, and we will file DMCA takedowns without hesitation. We monitor our content across the web. Play fair.

4. Affiliate and Revenue Disclosure

Running a high-resolution testing environment costs money. We recommend specific citation builders, proxy services, and grid tracking tools. Sometimes we use affiliate links. If you click one and buy a subscription, we earn a small commission. This does not cost you extra.

We only recommend tools we actually use to track local rankings or clean up NAP inconsistencies. NAP stands for Name, Address, Phone number. If a tool fails our testing, we drop it. We never sell our editorial opinion. If a popular local SEO software is bloated and useless, we will say exactly that. Our loyalty is to the truth of the data, not to software vendors.

5. Acceptable User Conduct

We occasionally open comment sections or community forums. We expect professional behavior. Local SEO attracts a lot of spam. We keep our house clean.

Do not post links to black-hat review generation services. Do not solicit fake engagement. Do not use our platform to sell unverified map pack ranking tricks. We ban users who treat our site like a link dump. Bring real questions. Share actual data. If you face a weird algorithmic filter, tell us the symptoms. We value high-signal discussions and aggressively moderate the noise.

6. Where Our Responsibility Ends

GBP Exorcist is an educational resource. We are not your marketing agency. We are not liable for lost revenue, missing leads, or a sudden drop in map pack visibility. Local search involves inherent risk.

Competitors suggest malicious edits. Google merges listings without asking. Algorithms shift overnight. You assume full responsibility for any changes you make to your digital footprint based on our content. If you change your primary category and drop out of the local 3-pack, you cannot hold us financially responsible. We provide the map. You drive the car.

Our content is provided strictly as-is. We reject all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Read the data, apply your own judgment, and test carefully.

7. Legal Jurisdiction

These terms operate under the laws of the United States. Any legal disputes regarding the use of gbpexorcist.com will be handled in our local jurisdiction. We prefer fixing bad data over fighting in court. Keep things professional, respect our copyright, and we will never have an issue.

8. Updates to This Agreement

We update these terms when necessary. The digital landscape shifts. Our services evolve. When we change the rules, we update the effective date at the top of this page.

Check back occasionally. Continued use of the site means you accept the new terms. We do not send out mass emails every time we fix a typo in paragraph four. It is your job to stay informed about the rules of the site.

9. Contact the Team

Got questions about these terms? Spot a broken link in our citation guide? Need clarity on our copyright policy? Reach out to us.

Email us at [email protected]. We read every message. Expect a reply within 48 hours during the work week. We ignore automated spam pitches. Real emails from real practitioners get real responses.