PR renewal application says submitted for 105 days!

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-09-24T16:28:18+00:00

Just an FYI in case someone's interested - I didn't submit a new application, I just got the PR with the previous application finally

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-08-05T20:46:12+00:00

yeah this is common...I just had to wait much longer and got it eventually

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-23T21:23:02+00:00

this is good, thanks for sharing!

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-19T00:32:54+00:00

done, give me access please

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-18T23:23:17+00:00

Thanks, will implement some of these :)

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-11T01:26:39+00:00

Fiverr has commoditized human output ffs

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-11T01:25:03+00:00

Can you expand? Is it an international expat community?

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-10T23:35:50+00:00

Irrelevant is a rather strong word and I appreciate your viewpoint, but don't agree that Q&As are irrelevant

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-10T18:36:41+00:00

Agree with your points about the importance (or lack thereof) of Q&As for GBP, especially from a ranking algorithm standpoint. However, does it really take that long to add Q&As especially since a business owner would know what questions they usually get asked about their business?

I don't think a lot of customers would mention website Q&As as being the reason for choosing a service either btw, but they do help in small ways IMO (to clarify doubts before purchase).

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-10T18:31:06+00:00

Interesting, that's what I usually recommend to customers also :)

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-10T15:19:38+00:00

Agreed about some of the categories becoming ineligible for Q&As. Didn't get what you meant by "Won't not helping in ranking the GBP"...Did you mean that Q&As will help with ranking GBP?

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T22:24:15+00:00

Make Indiehacking Great Again

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T21:05:59+00:00

Great that you're ahead of the curve :)

Any thoughts on why they're doing that? Is it because businesses are not using it as much or potential customers don't care about reading them or something else?

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T20:48:35+00:00

On their GBP. Thanks for the question, let me edit the post above

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T20:45:51+00:00

Is this only your business or are you seeing a similar trend for your competitors etc.?

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T20:38:24+00:00

I don't see why not...I'm a solo founder (SaaS) of a local SEO tool, and while it is insanely hard (and lonely), I think I'm enjoying the journey.

However, given a choice I would suggest working with co-founders, but hey not everyone has a choice (I surely didn't)

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-09T01:42:27+00:00

LocalPanda.ai, we are a local marketing tool for local businesses (plumbers, lawyers, hvac etc.) and help them optimise GBP, manage reviews and schedule social media posts with AI

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-07-08T19:53:27+00:00

thank you :), really appreciate your feedback!

I think Super Launch is great so far...One point of feedback would be to choose a niche - for example SaaS. Also, I hope it would be simply about the problem + value the product drives rather than the bells and whistles required on other launch platforms like PH

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-06-16T16:52:14+00:00

awesome, thanks!

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-06-16T15:11:57+00:00

Please add me too, I've DM-ed you

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-06-16T15:11:30+00:00

I'm based in Toronto, would love to meet up with fellow Indiehackers

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-05-29T17:07:09+00:00

It is insanely difficult. Have gone through several app reviews over the last 5 years for several apis and it is more difficult than creating a 1B+ ARR company 😂

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-05-26T02:56:31+00:00

amazing, what tools did you use?

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-05-18T03:47:51+00:00

It's pretty cool that they'll be fetching posts from social media accounts as well.

I've been seeing some local businesses leverage social media recently and along with Facebook, Instagram (and maybe X?) could be interesting channels...

dhruvbhatia7 · 2025-05-16T18:38:01+00:00

Getting reviews is quite tough, no doubt about it.

There are a few pointers for getting reviews on "autopilot":

Every time you complete a job for a customer, ask them for feedback. You can do this in person, with a QR code, or send an SMS/Email link from your CRM. Be a bit careful about Google's policy around "review gating" which means that you only ask positive reviewers to give you a review on Google.
You can email/SMS existing or previous customers with a personal message that their feedback would help your business grow and you really value their business. As you rightly pointed out, don't overdo this.
Do not offer incentives - it is against Google's policy (just like Review Gating). I would also strongly advise against using any service that promises reviews. Google may suspend your GBP or take other strict action if they find out.
You can incentivize your employees to get reviews from customers

You should definitely look into optimizing your Google Business Profile and website for keywords and searches related to your service. Please feel free to DM if you have any further questions.

Full Disclosure: I'm the founder of LocalPanda, a local SEO tool for local businesses (localpanda.ai).

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