On June 6, Google announced that within Google My Business, two new Google Posts categories are now available. Not only can you use Google Posts to tell people about all the news about your business or upcoming event, but it's possible to create posts about new products and offers that you want to highlight. “We’ve added 2 new post [...]
There are new variations how how Google is showing Google Posts from local businesses in the local results that are being tested. Over the last week, three different variations of layouts and functionality around how these Google Posts are displayed when a Google local knowledge panel is returned in the search results. The first is [...]
A new Google Posts feature has been released by Google that supports the ability to, in addition to photos, upload videos in your Google Posts. Previously, Google Posts only worked with photos uploading. A spokesperson for Google confirmed that this video upload feature is rolling out. Google Posts is a feature which lets people and businesses to [...]
The Google My Business API has been updated to add some support for creating and editing Google Posts. Google Posts allows people and businesses to create content directly on Google that can appear highly ranked in Google search results for their names. Google noted that in version 4.0 of the API, “you can now create Posts on Google directly through the [...]
When it comes to boiling down a marketer's fears in the digital economy to a single idea, what would it be? Some would argue that it would be loss of control. Naturally, how you and your brand is being talked about and presented across all the various sites, channels and platforms can, at times, feel [...]
It has been confirmed by Google that most Google Posts are removed seven days after they're first published. The only exception to the rule is Google Posts that are based on any upcoming events Once the event day comes and goes, that event-based Google Post is removed. According to a Google spokesperson, “Posts enable merchants to share [...]
A new feature that is now rolling out Google Posts to all small businesses that use the Google My Business (GMB). The roll out was announced the rollout late afternoon on June 22. The company moved Google Posts into GMB a couple of weeks ago, where its been accessible since on both desktop and teh Google Business Android [...]
If you're a small business who is in the Google Posts program, you'll still be able to make use of the experimental service, but you'll find out that the location of the feature has moved to the Google My Business area. Google Posts allows people and businesses to directly create content on Google, which will appear highly ranked [...]
According to an announcement Monday, Google is now including Google Posts from NBA, MLB and NHL teams directly in Knowledge Panels. Anytime you search for a specific team, any Google Posts from these organisations will be included within the Knowledge Panel. “Now you can get the latest updates, videos, photos and more right on the [...]
Google is expanding their experimental feature called (unofficially) Google Posts to cricket player posts. According to the Google India blog announcement, these cricket post cards are now available when doing a search for cricket player names, personalities and commentators directly in the search results. As an example, I did a search for [Sachin Tendulkar], a former Indian [...]