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 their local listings in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. While many of these changes, like the inability to easily get edits approved for non medical businesses and the furloughing of reviews have made things difficult for many, much of their work has focused on helping the public be able to find reliable local information. This is one of those changes and will help healthcare provides communicate more efficiently.
Update: Within the last hour, Google has already addedCovid-19 information URL links to the listing I was looking at. This information has not yet published for public visibility and is noted as “under review” in the dashboard. It is not yet clear whether these fields are available via the API or bulk yet, I will let you know when I find out.
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Not available here in Edmonton, Canada… yet 🙂
It’s also called telehealth, but TeleHealth is a widely known answering service, apparently
I meant to say TeleMed is a widely known answering service.
Just updated a clients listings with these and they show as accepted (no longer pending review status). Any idea on where they will show publicly on the listing?
Also to your update musing – I did this via bulk update, there are now additional PlacePageURL fields available in the excel template/file for upload.
Ryan, like you we are waiting to see where they show.
Not available here in the UK
Hello, any update on where these appear?
They just started showing up in the health care provider’s business profile.
Here’s an update I posted this morning with screenshots: https://localu.org/covid-19-get-online-care-links-showing-on-mobile/
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