Category: Google Maps

Google is showing the correct number of burning candles on their holiday decorations for the holiday of Hanukkah/Chanukah when you search for any keyword that triggers the Hanukkah holiday decorations…

Google has updated and rolled out the new map pin design for the local pack search results. Sergey Alakov spotted the test and then the rollout and I personally see the new map pins myself…

For months Google has been testing hotel price sliders on mobile and desktop. Well, now it seems like it is fully rolled out to all searchers…

After months of testing the local question and answer feature on desktop…

Google Assistant can now give you local results for service providers like electricians, plumbers, house cleaners and other local services you might need in your home or business. Google said this is rolling out to the Google Assistant, Google Home……

Previously, the only way to see a company’s Google Posts, all of them…

Do you want to provide an easy way for your customers to quickly drop a review for your business on Google Maps…

Brodie Clark from optimising.com.au has been tracking the local Q&A feature in depth and noticed the other day that many of his answers have gone missing. He was upset because he spent a lot of time and energy answering questions for Google and those businesses and now they were gone…

Sergey Alakov spotted that the Google My Business web search dashboard that launched a couple months ago, now is asking businesses to create ads using AdWords Express…

Google seems to be testing merging the local pack with knowledge panel data into tabs across the top of the local pack. Sergey Alakov caught this test, although I cannot current replicate it, here is what he shared…

Google announced they have redesigned Google Maps and will be rolling it out to users over the upcoming weeks across “all Google products that incorporate Google Maps, including the Assistant, Search, Earth, and Android Auto…

When Google My Business first launched messaging within the platform, they said they would measure the response time and then show a notification to your customers who are about to message you about the typical wait time…

Dan Leibson has published his 2017 local SEO ranking factors study the other day. Andrew said “the data suggests that Google, while attempting to shift to more engagement-based and locally relevant factors for its Local algorithm…

Google quietly announced on the new features page that they now support what they call “selection attributes.” Selection attributes require selection of exactly one of several predefined choices…

Google has added wait times for some local venues they show in web search and Google Maps. The wait times tells you how long the wait time is right now or the expected wait time in the future based on historical data. It is right next to the popular …

Sergey Alakov spotted another Google local test…

Google seems to be rolling out a new feature for the local knowledge panel named “inside this place.” Sergey Alakov posted on Twitter about it and it shows under the local Q&A box for some local businesses…

Earlier this week, I reported that we saw the local Q&A on desktop search and then it went away but now it seems to be coming back. On some desktop browsers, I see the local question and answer box show up…

Google seems to have rolled out a feature they have been testing for booking a hotel room directly from the Google hotel search results…

Google announced that they are rolling out in the Google My Business console a way for some US businesses that have appointments…