Since April, Google has been testing a local pack in the search results that auto-expands the map section when you hover your mouse cursor over it. This now seems to be live or rolling out fully. I can replicate it myself and so can Mike Blumenthal, Robert Spinrad and others I asked privately. Here is […]
Similar to what we reported about with Google a few months ago, with Google testing a map within a search snippet for a specific company. It seems like Microsoft Bing is testing the same thing, well, it depends on how you search for the company. Khushal Bherwani notified me of this on Twitter and I […]
Google is testing placing the map of the business you searched for in the search results area under the snippet(s) for that listing. Google is also testing a slightly updated local panel on the right side. While I believe I covered both these before, I cannot find my coverage (thanks Google Search…). That being said, […]
We know that data is an extremely important tool to help marketers succeed in their strategies. The richer the information, the closer brands can get to their audiences. With that in mind, companies are doing all they can to provide a more personalized experience, which in the end is focused on customer satisfaction and acquisition/revenue. […]
Google is now showing justifications directly in the Google Maps mobile interface and app for businesses that you might be interested in. Justifications are basically reviews or comments about the business that Google might think you want to see overlayed. Google has shown justifications in the map local pack in multiple ways many time before […]
This week in search, I reported how the Google page experience update for desktop has been fully rolled out. I also posted my monthly Google webmaster recap, for you all to check out and catch up with. Google Search Console’s URL Inspection tool is erroring out for some folks. Alan Kent from Google said no […]
To many months of testing, Google did Confirmed it moves the local pack results up and the map to the right of those local results in the desktop search. Google said the search company “expects this to be widely available in the coming weeks”. In the past few days a lot of people have asked […]