Google called attention to changes in its Google My Business photo and video guidelines earlier this month. Local marketers are being told that all images or videos will now be reviewed before published. Google was asked by Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Land if this was a manual or machine-based review process. According to Google, […]
Google is providing advice on what businesses should be doing with their Google My Business listings if they are affected by COVID-19. In order to assist customers, businesses who are affected by COVID-19 are being encouraged to update their Google My Business profile with the most accurate information. A new GMB help page has been […]
Google wants businesses to update their Google My Business listings if the business is affected by COVID-19. A new help document was posted by Google that describes businesses can update their business hours, phone numbers, business descriptions and/or use Google Posts to share more information. A notice has been placed at the top of the Google […]
For a while now, Google My Business and Google Maps have been growing larger and more robust, and has steadily been pushing itself into Yelp’s core value proposition – local business search and reviews. In order to fight back, Yelp added new capabilities to Yelp Waitlist, allowing diners to join a restaurant waitlist before getting to the […]
It seems that Google is testing or introducing a “request quotes” button in local results. This was discovered by Tom Waddington. This comes as part of the Local Services Ads (LSAs). LSAs are currently delivering phone leads to local businesses participating in the program. LSAs are requiring businesses to be “Google Guaranteed” and pass licensing, insurance and […]
It seems that some have spotted reviews being displayed in Google in a carousel format, placed more prominently on local business profiles. Aneel Badyal was one who spotted the feature, which was then confirmed by a Google spokesperson. Although review excerpts on Google My Business-powered listings aren’t anything new to write home about, them being […]
Google’s Local Guides program has over 120 million members in 24,000 global locations. Although they are largely invisible, they are indispensable part of the Google Maps experience. They provide reviews, images and other content as well as answering questions (Q&A) about local businesses and places. Guides are about to become even more visible than before, […]
I great part of Google My Business was the ability to dial a phone number and speak to someone at Google about your Google My Business listing. This was nice when you had an issue with how your business was showing up in Google Search or Google Maps, a person at Google could possibly help […]
According to a report by TechCrunch, Ads are coming to Uber Eats. Uber is seeking an executive to help develop and run a new as business. There are several reasons why this would make sense, as restaurants have been conditioned by ad platforms (such as Yelp and Google) to pay for placement and exposure. Uber […]
Google will be automatically applying changes to Google My Business listings with distance-based service areas. The distance-based services that are still around are going to be removed. At this point, service-area businesses currently based on a distance is going to be converted to the closest named areas automatically. If you are a manager of any Google […]