Category: Google Maps

Google is now able to show the date a business will open in the future, if the business owners enters such information into Google My Business. It can show the exact date or the month and year directly in the local panel on web search or Google Maps.
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I am told this isn’t exactly new, but I don’t think I’ve covered this before. Google My Business now lets you edit the localized version of the business name. Craig Harkins shared a screen shot on Twitter of Google My Business letting him edit the Mc…

Google has released a new version of the Google My Business API, this one is version 4.2 and adds a nice set of features. The new features include the ability to verify listing directly on native platforms, new GoogleLocations endpoint, expanded searc…

Normally, you would see Google Posts show up in or near a local knowledge panel when you search for the business by name. Brodie Clark spotted Google testing showing a Google Posts without any local knowledge panel. Was it a bug or a test – I do not …

Google has added a new attribute for businesses that are veteran led. It is pretty easy to get the label on your Google My Business listing, you just go to your account, click on the “info” tab and click edit on the “attributes” section.

Google is now showing user suggested edits on the local panels even on desktop search results. I believe this has shown mostly for mobile local panels and to business owners but now it seems to show on desktop and even for not business owners.

Google is showing yet another product/shopping related feature in the local panel. This one says “browse some featured items sold here” and has a link to explore those products in search.

Google seems to be expanding Reserve with Google, a way to integrate your booking, reservation and appointment software directly in your Google local panel or on Google Maps through Google My Business. It launched last October and Sergey Alakov noticed…

Google My Business insights reports should now be more comprehensive in the types of queries they use when showing these reports. You can check out your Insights reports in Google My Business.

Google is asking business owners to add Google Posts directly in their Google local knowledge panel. This is a nice call to action from Google to get more play here.

Google has rolled out a new local hotel search feature that shows you how well a specific hotel scores based on the location of the hotel. Google ranks the hotel score based on how near it is to transit, airports, sights and more.

Google has added “your past visits” to the local knowledge panel. If you visited the location, Google might tell you when that visit was. It doesn’t always show the most accurate results.

Google showing âview previous posts on Googleâ for some local panels that trigger older Google Posts. It is really hard to find the link, but it is at the footer of some Google local knowledge panels.

If you are on Google My Business and you have a menu or service offering that you want to keep updated in your Google Maps listing, you can now do that in any language and any country. Google announced it is now available globally.

Last Wednesday there was a big confirmed Google core web search algorithm update but some SEOs are saying there was also a local search algorithm update. Here is some new data around that.

After we reported Google was testing a new hotel search results design and layout last week – Google is back at it with yet another design layout. This new layout is a 4 pack, two cards side by side.

Google Posts has announced new insights, or analytics, to see how well your Google Posts are doing in search and Google Maps. The insights provide data on an individual post, a week of posts and a month of posts.

Google is now showing you a personalized search carousel for recently viewed vacation destinations in Google search. Clearly Google thinks you really should book that vacation.

After testing a white local panel with circle buttons design in Google for 10 months…

As a way to encourage businesses to use Google Posts more, Google is now showing some businesses the Google Posts from their competitors in the Google My Business dashboard. Google is playing on the fear of missing out, FOMO, emotion…