When It Comes to Google MapMaker, Don’t Take No for an Answer
Do you find your edits in Google MapMaker often get denied? Ever since Maptivists shed some light on the exploits that were possible using MapMaker, it has been harder and harder to get legitimate changes made. Most of the time I see MapMaker edits get rejected, regardless of their validity. A good example was when I […]
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Don’t Trust Results in Google MapMaker
An auto dealer client’s GMB page was showing up in Google with a different domain (the car maker’s – Ford.com) attached to it only for certain queries. I started looking through all of the usual data suspects to see if the errant domain was connected to any of the dealer’s business listings and came up […]
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Is Google Maps Cleaning Up Abbreviated Street Addresses?
Yesterday an interesting thread popped up in the Local Search Forum asking if Google has decided to automatically expand the abbreviated addresses listed in Google Maps.
I checked several queries and all of them showed me unabbreviated street address…
Google Local Pin Verification Scams Via Postal Mail?
There is an interesting response from Google’s Jade Wang in a Google Business Help thread.
The issue was, a person received a verification code via snail mail from Google Business Local, in order to verify a business on Google Maps…
Google Maps Adds Google Cardboard Integration
In case you missed it, Google handed out cardboard to their Google I/O attendees last event. But this little piece of cardboard let you really discover what was not around you. You put them on and you can see a virtual reality like never before…
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Google’s Business Local Holiday Tips
Jade Wang from the Google Business Help team posted in the Google Business Help forums about new tips they are offering businesses to prepare for the holiday season.
The tips include things like adjusting business hours to using AdWords at off peak ti…
Heat Map Click Test On Google Maps New 3-Pack Layout
About a month ago, Google dropped the local carousel and switched to a three-pack local layout in the Google search results.
It is a much clearer look and I personally always disliked the carousel.
That being said…
Google Maps Location Search Adds Weather & Facts
Google announced on Google+ that the new Android version of the Google Maps app has added real-time weather data and quick facts to when you do searches of locations.
It also added automatic re-routing when a road closes along your original route…
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Automated Google Maps Short Business Descriptions
Google Maps has been generating summaries of your reviews for about six-month snow but now, with the new 3-pack after dropping the carousel, those short business descriptions based on reviews are more prominent…
Google My Maps Pro Now Free
Google has a pro version of My Maps named My Maps Pro. That version gave you more features and access to make your own maps but cost $5 per month.
Google sent emails to My Maps Pro users that it is now going free. Google said “My Maps Pro will soon …
Google Maps Quality Guidelines Updated But Will Google Enforce Them?
Jade Wang from Google announced last night in the Google Business Help forum that they’ve updated their quality guidelines for local pages.
The new guidelines are pretty much completely revamped, in fact…
Google Maps Paginated Search Results View
In July, Google Maps switched their search results box to show a scroll bar with a link to “see results in list view.”
Google seems to be replaced that link
Google Drops Carousel Interface For Local Results
After months and months of testing dating back to August, Google has finally and officially dropped the black carousel user interface for local listings…
Google Maps Red Circles Vs White Circles
Did you ever wonder why some of the circles representing businesses on Google Maps are white and some are red…
Google Maps App Goes To A New Slick Interface
Google announced they are rolling out a completely new design and interface for both the Android and iOS versions of the Google Maps app. The new design goes with the “material design” principles, giving it a fluid and smooth interface…
Bug Prevents Google My Business iOS App From Loading…
A few days ago, Google released the updated version of the iOS Google My Business App – well for some, that app will not load anymore.
Google is aware of the issue and is working on a fix…
iOS Users Now Get Google My Business App Update
Yesterday we covered the pretty awesome updates to Google My Business including a ton of mobile updates to the Android app. Those updates are now available in the iOS version which was approved and released by Apple last night…
Google My Business Adds Awesome Features For Businesses
Google announced they’ve added a ton of new features for business owners within the Google My Business (old Google Places) dashboard and Google My Business Android and (coming soon to) iOS app…
Google: My Business Dashboard May Have Few Day Delay
Jade Wang from Google said in a Google Business Help thread that updates submitted via the old Google Places dashboard may be delayed by a few days.
I don’t think this is new information for most local SEOs but it is nice to have on record…
New Google My Business Data Discrepancies
Jade Wang from the Google Maps My Business team announced in the Google Business Help forum that they have a new way of showing data update discrepancies between what the owner (you) submitted versus what other sources have said about your business rec…