There are some reports that in some industries, like the auto dealership industry, there is a bug with Google Business Profile insights reporting. There shows a large and unaccounted-for spike in traffic from Google Local and Google Maps for some of these businesses in these Google reports. There are two threads about this in the […]
This may be obvious to most of you, but Google’s John Mueller was asked if profile links, links in forums or social profiles if those links are enough to get you to rank in Google Search. John said no and left it at that, which is probably the best way to answer it. The question […]
Google seems to be testing showing when a photo was taken or uploaded to a Google Business Profile listing. Google has done this for image search and other areas but I am not sure if this was done for photos on Business Profiles. This was spotted by Mike Blumenthal, who shared this screenshot with me […]
Google has added a new section for products to the Google Business Profile guidelines. The section says “If you run a retail business, you can show nearby shoppers what you sell by adding your in-store products to your Business Profile at no charge.” You can see those guidelines over here that says: You can add […]
Google is testing allowing business owners to add captions or descriptions to photos they upload to their business profiles. Mike Blumenthal spotted this in a Google Business Profile Help thread and also posted about it on Twitter. The funny thing is that this is a feature request for a while and Google told people that […]
A Google Business Profile is a hidden gem that many small business owners can use to their advantage. just like search engine optimization can fuel your growth in the Google rankings, Google Business Profiles are another way to direct eyes from organic searches to your business. we’ve highlighted the impact of Google Business Profiles for […]
Avatars are the new ‘fetch’, with Meta trying many ways to show you just how cool avatars are, and will be in the metaverse future – and how you really should be using them right now as an extension of your digital identity. Meta’s latest avatar experiment is new graphic cover images for your Facebook […]
In the new way to manage your Google Business Profile, ie in Google Search, there is a toggle to “show business address to customers.” So if you are a small business and you use your home address, you can toggle that off to hide your address from showing in Google Maps or Google Search. This […]
This is interesting – Twitter is experimenting with a new integration that would enable users to display their Bitmoji character as their Twitter profile imageproviding another way to use your digital avatar as a representation of yourself. As you can see in this image, posted by app researcher Alessandro PaluzziTwitter’s testing out a new Bitmoji […]
When you try to access the Google Business Profile Manager at google.com/businessGoogle will prompt you with a notice that “you can no longer manage your business here” from early 2022. After you login and click on a business, you are presented with this notice. This screen capture was taken from Joy Hawkins on Twitter who […]