Google My Business has just rolled out a useful new feature that was likely inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, but which will probably come in handy for many local businesses even after. The new feature is called “More Hours”. It essentially allows a business to expand upon the standard “hours of operation” by stating what […]

According to Barry Schwartz over at Search Engine Roundtable, Google My Business has just added a new file upload button to the reinstatement request form. Google My Business adds a file upload for proof in the local business reinstatement form https://t.co/R75EDmZBxh via @TheSocialDude pic.twitter.com/OauwxdHI2z — Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) May 21, 2020 Barry says this was […]

Zach Todd over at Persuaded.io has released a Google Drive script that you can use to find all of the websites that link to your local competitors in Google maps for a specific keyword. This could really help your business’s local seo efforts. The script works by scraping the competitors on the map and their […]

Google My Business made a big change that will have a profound impact on car dealerships effective immediately. That change is that a car dealership is now eligible to have more than 1 listing to represent their brand and the brand of automotive they sell. Up until now new car dealerships were only allowed one […]

Google My Business has a new policy of reviewing all photos and videos uploaded to the platform. There was initially confusion about if this applied to uploads from users, business owners, or both. We've made changes to our photo and video content policy. All photos and videos are now reviewed before publication. If you're having […]

Local SEO Joe Youngblood posted a tweet showing a screenshot a featured snippet on a Google search result that appears to show Google highlighting exactly how a business can purchase fake reviews to promote their business on Google Maps. Great job tackling that review spam Google! pic.twitter.com/7rMNzVpB8r — Joe Youngblood (@YoungbloodJoe) February 24, 2020 Google […]

Google My Business appears to have quietly began allowing Posts to use multiple photos and videos as reported by Barry over at Search Engine Roundtable. Previously to this change, which appears to have started rolling out on Tuesday the 18th, a post was only allowed to have one photo or video. Now it appears that […]

For about as long as Google My Business has existed Local SEO’s have tested placing keywords in the description to see if that improved rankings. The answer has always been an unfortunate no. Today however, it would appear that the search engineers in charge of Google Maps / Local rankings have had a change of […]

Google Map spam keeps getting worse and there doesn’t appear to be much help in sight for beleaguered small businesses fighting against spammers in their local market. Now, it appears that trend could start directly hurting consumers. Local SEO expert Joe Youngblood found a new supposed Local SEO agency in his home market of Dallas […]

The day after Thanksgiving Google My Business (GMB) announced an update to the Services feature and they make it sound like this will impact how a listing is displayed or even the rankings of businesses. In the update GMB is now suggesting standardized services, or what they call “Job Types”, based on a businesses category. […]