Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Published On April, 2013
Analysis: Google Places for Business – Upgrade or G+ Pages Lite?
The upgrade to the Places for Business is an upgrade that is hard to get terribly excited about although it does give hope for the future and there are some plumbing issues that have finally been put to rest. The dashboard seems more focused on commerce than content and offers little in the way of …
Categories in the new Places for Business Dashboard
One of the big changes in the rollout of the new Places for Business Dashboard is a change with categories. Categories have long been a key factor in Google’s determination of relevance of a listing. Google has added some additional categories, changed how categories are handled as well how many categories a business is allowed …
Visual Guide to the new Places for Business Dashboard
Here is a comprehensive visual overview, with comments, of the new Places for Business Dashboard. I was provided with a test account by Google. The new interface takes “widget” approach to all functionality. Editing data is a widget as are G+, Adwords Express and Offers. That implies that many more “widgets” will make their way …
Google rolling out update to Google Places for Business
Starting today at ~1 pm PST, Google Local is rolling out an upgraded interface for Places for Business that will replace the current dashboard*. The rollout is staged and will be initially made available to a small number of US businesses and businesses newly claimed via the G+ Local page. Over the near future the …
© Copyright 2024 - MIKE BLUMENTHAL, ALL RIGHT RESERVED.