Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers critical industry trends, interesting local news, and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search. ?️ Subscribe to the Podcast ? Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ? Subscribe to the LocalU/Sterling Sky Newsletter…
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Google My Business, as reported by 9 to 5 Google is now rolling out a new, improved, direct edit experience for editing your business profile. If you enter the phrase “My Business” in the search field of Google you are presented with your local listings (or a subset of them) that allows you to edit…
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Last year we saw Google send out a survey asking 1001 questions about monetization possibilities for the GMB and the business profile. Last week, we saw them hijacking Business Profiles and inserting Local Service Ad (LSA) call tracking numbers into the profiles. Now we now why; 1 + 1 = 50. Or rather, GMB +…
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Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers critical industry trends, interesting local news, and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search. ?️ Subscribe to the Podcast ? Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ? Subscribe to the…
Read More Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers critical industry trends, interesting local news, and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search. ?️ Subscribe to the Podcast ? Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ? Subscribe to the…
Read More Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers critical industry trends, interesting local news and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search. ?️ Subscribe to the Podcast ? Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ? Subscribe to the LocalU/Sterling Sky Newsletter Please join…
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Earlier in the week, we started seeing the visibility of Covid testing information on local business profiles on Google. Google has indicated that if you are an organization that is providing Covid testing at your location, you are now able to submit your testing information to CastLight Covid Testing Locator for vetting and if approved,…
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Update to the Update 4/9 9:48 PM Google has updated their GMB Covid-19 page to indicate that leave a review functionality is currently rolling out on a region by region basis: “Review replies are now available. New user reviews, new user photos, new short names, and Q&A will gradually return by country and business category.”…
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It appears that the ability to respond to Google reviews has been turned back on by Google. We have tested via the API, the GMB App and the GMB dashboard and all three methods now are capable of publishing review responses in near real time. H/T to Kyle Harris at DAC Group for the heads…
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Google My Business Now Allows Physician to Add Telehealth Appointment & Covid Info Links to Profiles
Google, in one more update to GMB for healthcare providers, now allows them to add a link for TeleMed Appointments as well as a link to Covid-19 related resources. These links will likely soon show in their Business Profiles. H/T to Erica Paige. Google has been rolling out a multitude of changes and updates to…
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