Category: Google Maps

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…

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…