Category: Google Maps

Yesterday, at around 10am EST, the ability to write new reviews for Google local results in Google Search or Google Maps stopped working. In fact, it stopped working for about four hours. Many webmasters, SEOs…

Sergey Alakov shared a screen shot on Twitter of Google showing the number of the hotel results in your search in a very prominent way…

About a month ago, we reported Google was testing question and answer sections in the local results. I emailed Google about this three times, Google was radio silent about it…

Google quietly announced in their release notes for the Google My Business section that some businesses can now add “action URLs” to their business profile specifically for “online orders or reservations” and similar actions…

I hate it, and I am sure hate it also, when someone calls you and claims they are Google. It happens fairly often, espesially around Google My Business local listings. It is nothing new and it seems like Google can’t do anything to stop it…

This is a small update but Sergey Alakov documented that Google has updated the suggested reasons for reporting an inappropriate business photo. So when you report a photo you see in a Google Local result…

In June we reported Google began testing in search mini Google My Business dashboards that let business owners see their business profile and edit a lot of their local information right in the search results…

There is a new thread at the Local Search Forums discussing ranking changes in the local pack that started happening mid-June. I did not see much or any discussion around this a month ago but now some local SEO experts are discussing it in the forum……

Sergey Alakov who must be included in every single Google tests bucket found another Google test where they are showing a floating button in the local listings that let you toggle between a map view or list view…

Sergey Alakov spotted yet another test, this one is where Google is testing showing a questions and answers box in the local panel.

Gary Illyes, one of our favorite Googlers, has revealed on Twitter which are his favorite Google offices. If you know Gary, he travels a lot for both business and pleasure – both on land…

Google is testing a new call to action within the Google local panels to encourage searchers to rate and review local businesses. Sergey Alakov spotted this one, of course, and posted it on Twitter…

As many of you know, when you search for a local place, the local panel will come up with information on that place. This is also the case with searching in Google Maps…

Since 2015, Google My Business has been sending analytics emails to businesses registered with Google My Business. This way, the business owners can see how well their business listing is performing within Google and Google Maps…

Google has officially launched the messaging feature for Google My Business users based in the US. This allows Google My Business businesses to go to their dashboard and turn on messaging…

A week ago, Mike Blumenthal covered a new Google test around the Google My Business platform. In short, it appears Google is trying hard to get business owners to update their Google My Business listings…

Sergey Alakov posted a screen shot on Twitter of the local panel showing other locations available for a specific restaurant. Often…

Google announced in the Google Maps Help forums that they have finally released Google Earth Pro 7.3.0 for Mac, Windows and Linux. With this release…

Sergey Alakbov spotted yet another new tab being added to the local panel box. This one is for restaurants showing a “menu” tab where you can quickly load the menu.

Google recently added the tabs to the local panel and expanded it to hotels and now…

I don’t see the information currently in the help documents but it appears the Google Posts you make in Google My Business expires around seven days later…