{"id":21279,"date":"2017-12-11T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21279"},"modified":"2017-12-11T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:30:59","slug":"google-updates-gmb-home-view-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/11\/google-updates-gmb-home-view-for-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Updates GMB Home View for Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has updated the home view of each business so that each business is presented with a view of their Google data that is unique and important to that business. Depending on activity and busness type the calls to action and features highlighted will very on a business by business basis.<\/p>\n

Previously the home view offered each bus from a standardized card view that was consistent across different locations.<\/p>\n

While this could be a test, it has the feel of a rollout to me. But who knows.<\/p>\n

Here are three examples of the new home page highlighting different calls to action for different businesses (jeweler, restaurant, doctor):<\/p>\n

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Along with this new view, arrived a new spam<\/del> email from Google that I had previously seen encouraging inactive businesses to confirm their data:
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Google has updated the home view of each business so that each business is presented with a view of their Google data that is unique and important to that business. Depending on activity and busness type the calls to action and features highlighted will very on a business by business basis. Previously the home view …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t