We have seen Google add holiday hours alerts to their local Google My Business individual listings, but they are now also adding it to the top of local 3-pack listings too. Here is how it appears in the 3-pack: This is for a 3-pack listing in India, but it is likely we will see the […]
Google Removes Business Reviews in New Google+ Redesign
When Google+ launched their new redesign, one glaring omission for local businesses was the fact Google dropped the business reviews from the Google+ local pages. While many wondered if it was an oversight, we now have confirmation that they will not be returning. Elizabeth P, a rep from Google on local confirmed that reviews are […]
Google Expands Holiday Hours to All Google My Business Listings
Google is launching a brand new feature to all local businesses, a feature we first saw being tested back at the beginning of September. Back in September we saw that Google was displaying alerts in the local knowledge panel showing that the business could have different hours due to the holiday – in this case, […]
Google Testing New Store Hours AdWords Extension for Local Businesses
Google is testing a brand new AdWords ad extension, this one an expandable extension that displays open hours for a business. In the same line as a local business address in the AdWords ad, it displays the open hours of the business for that day. When you click on the hours, it expands to show […]
Google Testing Red Stars in Local 3-Pack & Mobile Results
We noticed Google testing red stars in both their AdWords ads and for reviews in the regular organic search results last week. They are now also testing it in local 3-packs as well, and in the mobile search results too. Here is a screenshot of the red stars in local: Google began testing red stars […]
Full Addresses & Phone Numbers Back in Local 3-Packs… Again
Google has changed things once again and have returned both phone numbers and addresses back into local 3-pack results. We have seen Google going back and forth over whether full addresses and phone numbers display in 3-packs over the last week. They were removed shortly after Google made the 3-pack change earlier this year, added […]
Google Removes Phone Numbers & Addresses From Local 3-Pack Again
After the euphoria local SEOs had last week as Google My Business rolled out the return of addresses and phone numbers in the 3-pack local results in Google’s search results, it would seem that businesses will be disappointed once again. Only days after rolling out worldwide the return of phone numbers and phone addresses in […]
Google Tests “Claim This Business” Link in Local Knowledge Panel
Google is looking at new ways to encourage local businesses to claim their Google My Business local listing with a new alert that shows in the local knowledge panel when searching for a business. Google is adding an icon alongside a “Claim this business” link in the local Google My Business knowledge panel that displays […]
Google Returns Phone Numbers & Addresses to Local 3-Pack
One of the changes Google made when they dropped all 7-pack local results with 3-packs is they removed phone numbers and full addresses in the 3-pack for generic (ie. non-brand) searches. One could not get the complete address unless they clicked through to the map page with the local results. This is huge news for […]
Google Home Service Ads & Local 3-Pack on Same Results Page
For those who have been concerned about Google’s new Home Service ads replacing the local 3-pack for the same search, it seems that Google will show both for the same search. Mike Blumenthal (via David Rodecker of Local Splash) noticed that for some searches that triggered a Home Service ad unit, Google was also displaying […]