Category: Google Maps

Seems Google is now testing ads in the Google Maps local finder search results. There are several people on Twitter reporting it now.

Here are screen shots of the ads in the Google local finder results:

There is a lot of chatter now out in the…

It seems Google is now showing, at least I think it is new, search filters in the local pack you see when searching for local queries that might have more than one match…

Pete Meyers spotted and posted on Twitter a screen shot of the Google local 3-pack showing gas prices. I cannot replicate it but it seems Google is showing real-time has prices of nearby gas stations.

Here is a screen shot:

Google has shown this d…

Google keeps adding more and more ways to add special hours to your business information. First it was via spreadsheet and the Google My Business portal and then via the apps. Now, you can add it via the “card view…

After a serious bug with the Google My Business App for iOS that started mid-last week, the new updated version is now available for download in the Apple App iTunes Store.

Google submitted the fix before the weekend after removing it from the app sto…

Last week we reported that Google’s update for the Google My Business iOS app caused a serious bug that didn’t allow iOS users to open the app. Google quickly pulled down the update and removed the app from the app store…

The Local Guides, Google’s most trusted and frequent users of the Google Maps/local business reviews, are complaining that the Google app for them to leave reviews of places they visit is buggy…

Yesterday, Google pushed out an update to the iOS version of the Google My Business app. But as I reported at Search Engine Land that after I downloaded it, it froze out and wouldn’t let me us it. Now when I try to access it…

In November, Google enabled select countries to upload their latitude and longitude coordinates in their data upload process. But now…

Pete Meyers posted on Twitter a new test Google is conducting in the local pack. Google is showing review snippets on some of the local results directly under the address of the snippet…

There was a lot I wanted to cover on Friday but was afraid some of that news would get looked over because it was April Fools Day. If you missed…

Typically when you do a search that brings up local results in the web search results, the local box or whatever Google is calling it these days – you see 3 listings now and if those listings have reviews…

Did you know that starting a few weeks ago, the Google Local Guides unlocked a special feature in the Google Maps app that let’s them not just add reviews but also add photos to their reviews…

Google announced that you can now update your Google My Business listings photos directly with the spreadsheets upload. Google said you can “add logo, profile…

The Google Maps team posted on the what’s new page that there is now a new feature to help you quickly verify in bulk, locations that you have not yet verified…

If you search for any term that brings up a local based knowledge graph in Google, such as [rustybrick]…

Marc Zwygart posted a screen shot on Google+ of a Google Map embedded in Google Search that has a bunch of markers/icons but one of them is the letter P. I asked a bunch of local SEO experts what the letter P symbolizes and so far…

Google has quietly updated the process for uploading your spreadsheet to the Google My Business console. The main new thing is that you no longer have to review the changes after you upload your spreadsheet…

Elisabeth from Google posted in the Google My Business Help forums news that Google is now looking for “trusted testers” aka beta testers for new features within the Google My Business department including organic and ads…