Google Tests Places & Places Sites Search Bar Filter Tabs
Yesterday we reported Google is testing products and products sites in the search bar tab in the European regions. Today, Google is testing places and places sites in the search bar tab in the European regions.
Google Maps Bug Places Business With Different Addresses In Same Map Pin
Joy Hawkins shared a very unusual bug with Google Maps where it places businesses with different addresses in the same location in the same map pin area. It just drops these map pins in one address when they are not located by that map pin.
Google Removes Phone Numbers From Hotel Search Listings
Google has removed the phone number for the hotel panel and hotel panels in the search results. To be clear, the normal local listings, like pizza shops and so forth, do have the phone numbers but not the hotel listings for some reason.
Uber Unable To Remove UberEats Buttons From Google Business Profiles
According to Google’s policies, order delivery “providers are required to remove third-party links from a profile within 5 business days of a request from a business.” But Uber Eats is telling some businesses that they are unable to remove the Uber Eat…
Google Business Profiles Now Offers Additional Review After Appeal Is Denied
Google has updated its help document on how to fix suspended or disabled Google Business Profiles to explain that you can now “request an additional review to a denied request.” Google actually added a lot more detail to this help document.
EU Searchers Complaining About Google Maps Features Changes Related To DMA
We’ve been covering many of the Google Maps changes, many related to what searchers see in Europe related to the required DMA changes Google has to make. But searchers are complaining about several of these changes in the Google forums.
Google Search Dishes Nearby Carousel
Have you seen the “dishes nearby” carousel in the mobile Google Search results? I am not 100% sure if it is new, but I don’t think I’ve covered it before. But Google will show dishes served by nearby restaurants in a carousel interface.
Numerous Google Local Panel User Interface Updates
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been informed of a number of local user interface changes to the Google local panels in the search results. Here are some of those changes, not including what I already covered here.
Google Business Profile For Hotels Tests New Filter Options
Google seems to be testing new filter options for hotel listings within Google Business Profiles. When you click on a specific hotel, Google can show filters for reviews, dates, guests and about the hotel.
Google Local Reviews Related To Photos In Local Panel (& Related Photos)
Google is smart enough to showcase related reviews to a photo someone is looking at in a Google local business profile listing. In the case below, you can see a photo of vodka being served at the restaurant and then below it, Google shows a “related re…
Google Hotel & Restaurant Search Listings Tests Adding Website Link
Google is testing adding the hotel’s website link directly to the Google Search hotel listings on the main search results screen. This is instead of making you go through the Google hotel results interface to learn more.
Google Business Profiles With Bookable Services
Google Business Profiles now shows services with bookable buttons. I know Google had booking buttons on local panels since 2017 and we covered it numerous times since then but now they are on the Google Business Profiles services section.
Some Google Business Profiles Tools Are Not Working
Google Business Profiles has outages for some of its business management tools. The outages started yesterday, March 7th, at about 5 pm ET or earlier. It impacts the ability to manage reviews, appeals and also to check your verification status.
Google Business Profiles tools are temporarily unavailable
Verification status, managing appeals and managing reviews currently may not be working.
Google Maps Hides Views Counts On New Reviews
Google is no longer showing the number of views a review gets on Google Maps. You will be able to see the older reviews view-counts for now but the new reviews are not showing those counts.
Google Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google Maps
Eventually these redirects will go away and the website URLs will lead users to a dead end.
Google Shut Down Google Business Profiles Websites This Morning
Yesterday we reported that despite Google saying they would shutdown and redirect the Google Business Profile websites on March 1st – they were still working. Well, as of this morning, March 5, 2024, these websites no longer work.
Google Business Profiles Websites Still Working (For Now…)
In January, Google told us that the Google Business Profiles websites will stop working on March 1, 2024. Google said the URLs will redirect from the website to the Google Business Profile listing for a couple of months and then eventually stop working…
Google Updates Business Profiles Customer Interactions Every Few Days
When you search for you Google Business Profile in Google, Google may show you the number of “customer interactions.” The question is, how often is that number updated? Matt McGee said in the Local Search Forum that he believes it is updated every 2-3 …
Google Local Pack People Like Justifications
Google is testing a new design and feature for its local justifications section. There is this “people likes” section that is shaded in blue and really stands out under the local pack snippet results.