Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Google+ Local"
Local Weekend Update
Several items of interest. Dates & Scores No Longer Showing on Google Reviews. Chris Campbell on Twitter and Jack Thornburg on G+ pinged me that date and scores on individual reviews on the business G+ Page had stopped showing. It had been reported on April 4th in the forums. Google has said that they are looking …
Google Local: Are Mobile Signals Actively used in Ranking Local Results?
David Mihm just did a great Whiteboard Friday on the evolution of the local ranking algo. In the article he speculated about the future of local signals: And just to speculate a little bit, because I love to speculate, going forward I also think we’re going to see Google potentially integrating some offline information into …
New Google Places for Business: Articles From Around the Web
Late yesterday, Google started rolling out the updated Places for Business dashboard to new claimants and they have simultaneously redirected some dashboard accounts to the new interface. Here are some additional articles from around the web about the change: More details about the improved look and feel of Google Places for Business – Joel Headley (must …
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 …
Google Local Announces New Local Product and Promises Better Communications
The newly appointed head of Google Local Product Manager Brian Fitzpatrick today announced the rollout of a completely revamped local product to replace the Places dashboard. As written about in the Wall Street Journal in June, 2012 the product is called “The Business Builder”. With the rollout of the Business Builder Google Local is announcing …
Google+ Local Bug: Service Area Business with Address Hidden Showing Address
In Google+ Service Area Businesses (SAB in Googlespeak) that are in a residential area or do not accept walk in traffic are required to hide their address in the Places Dashboard. Normally this results in the address being hidden in Maps and Plus and a round pin showing However since mid March there have been …
Google’s Local Primary Data Suppliers Around the World
Google’s Local Search sits at the center of an ecosystem of local web sites and data providers and they use this ecosystem to assemble their business listing data. This is true in the US and the basic structure and process is replicated on a local in every other country in the world using different local …
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