Google has made an announced that they’re updating the Google My Business Insights feature, where business owners can view analytics around how people find and interact with their Google local listings. So what are the new features? They include a breakdown of how many people are seeing your listings from Google Search vs Google Maps. The following […]
Google has decided to remove the ability for businesses to edit their introduction/description field in the Google My Business portal. This was posted by Google in a note in the featured document. This feature was removed on August 1, 2016, and Google wrote: The Introduction/Description field is no longer editable in Google My Business. It only […]
It seems that Google is allowing some business owners to verify their local listings within their local listings within Google My Business through email verification. A screenshot was posted on Kiran C. Kumar’s Twitter. As you can see from the following image, Google is offering Kiran three methods to verify the business. The first option is […]
During the SMX Adanced Local Workshop on June 21st, Google had confirmed that ads will be coming to the Local Pack. When will we be seeing ads appear? Well, it looks like the exact time and precise appearance/placement are yet to be determined Ali Turhan, Google’s Global Product Lead for Local Ad discussed some of […]
The newest version of he Google My Business API, version 3.0 has been released by Google. Despite its release, Google has yet to be announced by Google. You can see that version 3.0 has been marked in the changelog and on the new features page. With the release of the original Google My Business API back in December of last year, users […]
The other day, Google released an updated to their Google My Business app for iOS. The main feature is the ability of business owners to temporarily change their hours of operation for a holiay or special event, directly from the app. Before, if you wanted to change the hours, you had to use the Google My […]
Google’s help page has been updated, and it’s been named Improve your local ranking on Google. Originally, there were five paragraphs of text that centered around relevance, distance and prominence for ranking in the local results. The updated document has been greatly expanded by Google. The things that are covered in the new document includes: The local […]
As usual, Google has found something else new to test – something that Search Engine Land is calling “Local Business Cards” in search results! Although this is something that Google hasn’t named themselves yet, it’s still a reasonable description of the new card carousel test that is featuring content from local businesses near the top of […]
I think we can agree not to try gaming Google from here on out. After a number of years of some unsavory businesses poking a sleeping giant, Google has woken up to take on robocallers that claim affiliation with the company in order to prey on small businesses. Not only are they launching a new […]
The Android version of the Google My Business app has seen an update, which completely redesigns it, giving it more features and functionality for business owners to manage local businesses on Google Maps. The update is already out for the Google Play Store, and should roll out to the iOS Apple App Store in the upcoming weeks. Here’s […]