Category: Google Maps

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…

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…