Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A company profile is like a virtual handshake that introduces your business to the world. But it’s more than just an introduction. An effective company profile can help you attract potential investors, clients, partners and employees. How? A well-crafted company profile highlights your company culture, values, mission […]
Google has added red dots to the unread reviews, messages and other items on your Google Business Profile web search dashboard. If Google thinks you have not seen a new review, it will mark the reviews icon with a red dot until you click on it and read the unread item. Then the next time […]
Google mobile search results can show the Google Business Profile listing in one section and the reviews later down in another section. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this on and off over the past year or so, but I can’t find my coverage of it. So Melanie Funderburk posted a video of this in action, […]
It’s the Friday before a long weekend, which means that it’s time for companies to drop their latest bad news, and LinkedIn has used the opportunity to quietly phase out a couple of creator featuresincluding carousel posts, profile videos, and its in-image linking option. LinkedIn has sent a letter to creators with a brief explanation […]
Google Business Profiles has a bug that prevents you from inviting a new owner to your Business Profile listing. You can invite new managers, but inviting new owners does not currently work (at least when I wrote this story). This issue was posted in the Local Search Forums Earlier this week where seaniaaa wrote, that […]
For the past few days, Google Business Profiles has a bug when you try to edit existing Google Posts or Google Updates. I confirmed this myself when writing this story; it was still an issue. What happens is when you go to your Google Business Profile and click to view your Google Posts / Updates. […]
Anthony Higman shared a couple new Google Ads and Google Business Profile items yesterday on Twitter. One on Google Business Profile conversion actions within Google Ads and the other are chat details in Google Ads. Totally honest, I have no idea if this is new, but Anthony Higman knows this stuff way better than I […]
Google is testing displaying a business profile listing in an overlay interface within the web search results instead of taking you into the Google Maps interface. So when you click on a business listing in the local pack, instead of taking it into Google Maps to view more details on that business, Google is testing […]
Google is now showing products that businesses add through the Google Business Profile manager directly in Google Shopping search results. I wasn’t sure if this is new, but it seems most local SEOs think it is, so I am sharing it here. This was spotted by Colan Nielsen who posted this example on Twitter. He […]
The Google Maps app for Android seems to add a new tab to manage your business profile(s). The tab shows a store icon with the word “Business” below it. Clicking it, lets you manage your Google Business Profile listing directly in the app. Now, you can manage your business profile in the Google Maps app […]