Category: Google Maps

Google My Business has updated the directions heatmaps, which they originally launched in 2014 to make them more useful…

Google is bringing back the feature to edit your business description for your local listings. Back in 2016, Google removed the feature but now people are seeing it coming back into Google My Business and in the local panel…

As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google has added a new women-led attribute icon to the local panel result in the mobile search results for those businesses owned by women…

Google posted on Twitter the other day that they have updated the help document for the Google My Business photos page. The content did change and I have a before and after for you below…

You probably have all noticed that I have not been mentioning the name Gary Illyes from Google as often as I use to. That is because he is way less active on Twitter these days. He actually said it himself on Twitter…

Google has added mall directories information to the local panel in the search results. If you search for a local mall in your area, you may see a tab for “Directory” which will show you the stores located in that mall…

Tim Colling posted on Google+ and it was also added to the Local Search Forums that Google My Business is now asking business owners to set the date they first opened up their business…

Google announced in the Google My Business Help forums and on Twitter that now restaurants can add and edit their menu listings directly in the Google My Business console…

Several months ago, we covered how Google was testing vacation rentals in the Google Maps and local results. So when I saw Allyson Wright, the Community Manager at Google My Business mention it yesterday in a Google My Business Help thread…

Over a week ago, Google enabled the ability to upload videos to local listings within Google My Business or the local listings photos section…

Remember Google launched their third attempt at offering small businesses an easy way to build a web site, this time in Google My Business last year. Well, if you do use it, then Google will show by default…

As we reported, Google launched video uploads in Google My Business but we also reported even though it says the videos would show 24 hours after upload, those videos are still not showing…

Google is testing showing the number of views or impressions on reviews within Google Maps and local results. Thilo Corneille posted a screen shot of this on Twitter…

About 10 days ago we reported some businesses and merchants were seeing video upload features in the Google My Business dashboard. Well, Google’s Allyson Wright announced in a Google My Business Help thread on Friday that this feature is now fully li…

It feels like every other day where Google is testing a new feature and user interface in the local search results finder interface and/or hotel search…

Google has updated the help document around how to request ownership of a business listing in the Google Maps and local area. Google wrote on Twitter “we’ve updated our Help Center article on requesting ownership of a verified business…

Colan Nielsen reports via Local Search Forums that some businesses are now seeing the option to add videos to their Google My Business listings in the photos section…

Google now has updated their review guidelines to prohibit and disallow negative reviews from current or former employees.

The new section under “conflict of interest” reads:

Maps user contributed content is most valuable when it is honest and unbia…

There was a post on Twitter that caught my eye and I wanted to share it with you all:

Thank you for uploading logos and photos of employees &amp…

After much testing, Google has rolled out a bunch of features around travel, trips, flights, hotels and more. In short, Google confirmed rolling out the price slider for hotels…