Category: Google Maps

Google’s Marissa Nordahl from the Google My Business team announced in the Google My Business Help forums that they launched a new section called Go-To Guides. The Go-To Guides provides “short articles will help you and your business build a successfu…

It was very revealing when Google started testing website mentions in the local finder…

If you try to login to your Google My Business section now, you will probably see a 404…

Gary Illyes from Google said at the BrightonSEO conference that those with responsive sites don’t really need to worry about the upcoming mobile first index. I was not at the event where he said that but Greg Gifford was there and he posted it on Twitt…

Sergey Alakov spotted and posted on Twitter that Google is now testing showing indoor maps, when available…

Google is testing showing a small map icon in the local panel results by the address line. This was pointed out to me recently by @thibaultadda but first noticed by @sergey_alakov months ago…

A couple weeks ago we reported how messy the local question and answer feature can get on Google. In fact, we showed how some need moderation including the [white house] result.

The results were polluted with nasty comments, sarcasm and so on. Well….

Google announced this morning that they are officially launching the ability to edit your business details in search…

Here is a new local pack test where Google is showing when the query matches content on the local businesses website.

Google’s Meg S. announced in the Local Guides Forum that those who use Android can now upload videos to the local listings so viewers of those listings can see a more about the local business…

Last week, Google pushed the local Q&A to all mobile browsers and it is getting some serious use. But in some cases…

Last week we reported that the Google My Business insights reports for photos was largely delayed. Well, I looked this morning and it looks like the numbers are now only a couple to a few days delayed…

It looks like the Google My Business insights, the analytics they provide to local businesses on how well their local listings are doing…

Ten days ago, Google’s question and answer feature in the local results went live on Android devices. Well, now it seems to be rolling out to all mobile browsers…

Google sometimes shows labels in the local panel for businesses but one I never saw was a “recently opened” label. Thibault Adda spotted this for a query on [longhorn steakhouse oswego il] and shared a screen shot on Twitter…

Google is now testing extracting portions of the local reviews and placing them in the local listings for some queries. Tom Waddington, a Google Top Contributor…

RankRanger is reporting a huge increase in the local packs showing up internationally…

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…