Category: Google Maps

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…

It is like every day now that Google is testing some new feature with their hotel search results. Now…

As I reported on at Search Engine Land based on Sergey Alakov spotting another test, Google is testing a new location tab that not only shows you location specific information around a hotel listing but also scores the location based on factors such as…

Google’s Allyson Wright from the Google My Business team announced in the Google My Business Help forums that a new feature for those that submit new listings to Google My Business is rolling out to notify you when you listings go live in Google Maps o…

11 days ago, we reported about the search queries report in Google My Business insights section that some were seeing. The funny thing, Google officially announced it on Friday on Twitter and on Google My Business Help…

Raj Nijjer shared on Twitter a screen shot of Google showing upcoming events within the Google local knowledge panels in search for resorts…

As you know, Google launched an agency dashboard for Google My Business agencies that manage a lot of local businesses. The overall early response has been…

As I covered at SEL yesterday, Google Posts has launched a call now button in Google Posts. It basically lets you add your phone number as a call to action in the Google Post for when your local knowledge panel shows up…

The Google My Business Insights, analytics, section has added a new section for showing you keyword or query data that has led to searchers finding you on Google Maps or…

As you know, Google has launched a new agency dashboard for Google My Business users who manage a lot of business profiles within Google My Business. The early feedback has been pretty negative thus far around the new agency dashboard…

There is this new tool at stopcraponthemap.com that looks for suspicious and fake reviews on Google Maps and tells you which one they think they are. “This tool looks for unnatural review patterns from Google users…

Google quietly said on Twitter that they launched “subjective attributes to provide more information in your insights tab.” Subjective attributes (e.g. whether your business is popular with locals) rely on the opinions of Google users whoâve visited your business…

Google has added a new local pack maps filter in the search results to let you filter based on the last time you visited that location. You can filter based on haven’t visited or visited or both using this filter…

Google is showing dynamic filters for some queries in the local pack. So if you search for something very specific, and Google can filter based on the query parameters, Google might show that filter in the local pack filters…

If you login to your Google My Business account, you will see in your dashboard a performance card…