Tag Archives: Profiles

Google SGE Positive factors Hyperlinks & Movies, Search Console Not Monitoring SGE, Business Profiles AI, Misleading Bing Ads & Extra

This week we covered a possible Google algorithm updater yesterday and today. We also covered how the new Google Search Generative Experience now can show both links to sources and videos in the answer snapshots. Google SGE also has these new “from Google” cards in the answers. Google Search Generative Experience does not always show […]

Google Business Profiles Food Ordering Characteristic

Google has updated the Google Business Profile food ordering section with more options and settings. This food ordering feature was in the old Google My Business section but was updated recently in the new Google Business Profile interface. Claudia Tomina posted this on Twitter saying, “Food ordering now provides additional options. Restaurants can now set […]

Google Business Profiles Provides Extra Notification Settings

Google Business Profiles seems to have added more options to when you should be notified from the platform. The list includes 13 different notification categories you can turn on or off under the notifications menu for your Google Business Profile. Claudia Tomina spotted this and notified me of it on Twitter. Here are the categories […]

Google Business Profiles Products Not Going Away

There was some concern that products were going away within Google Business Profiles and being moved fully to Google Merchant Center Next. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said on Twitter that this is not true; she said, “Products will remain available in GBP.” The concern came from Google sending out emails to businesses about […]

Google Ads Decide In To Use Media From Google Business Profiles

Google Ads has a setting named “automated locations” that has a subsetting to grant Google Ads access to your media and photos from your Google Business Profile. You can turn this on or off under the “automated locations” option in Google Ads. Anthony Higman said this is new and posted about this on Twitter. The […]

Google Rating Fluctuations, Views Filter, SGE Business Profiles, Bard With Lens, Bing Chat Visible & Extra

This week, we had yet another pretty hot and unconfirmed Google search ranking update in the middle of the week. Google finally launched that perspectives filter in the mobile US search results. Google updated its Search Generative Experience to use data from reviews and photos within Google Business Profiles. Google now lets you virtually try […]

Google Search Generative Experience Now Brings In Reviews & Photographs From Google Business Profiles

Google announced it upgraded the Google Search Generative Experience experiment to now also bring in reviews and photos from not just the web but also from Google Business Profiles. This makes Google SGE better at helping you plan trips, travel, restaurants and so on. Google wrote that they have “added new capabilities to SGE for […]

Google Enterprise Profiles Testing Picture Slider

Google is testing adding an image carousel directly in the business profile panel. So at the top of a business profile listing you see these business images. In this test, you can swipe the images to see more. This was spotted by Mike who posted a few photos of it in the Local Search Forum. […]

Google Business Profiles Increasing Language Assistance Choices

Google Business Profiles seems to be expanding which businesses can add and edit the languages ​​they offer support it. This is the language assistance option that Google first introduced in Google Business Profilers for healthcare facilities back in December 2021. Darcy Burk noticed this showing up as an option for his HVAC customers and posted […]

Google Business Profiles Copy Menu Characteristic

Google Business Profiles seems to allow some restaurants to copy a menu that it thinks it pulled for that restaurant from another source and use that copied menu to start to build your own menu in Google Business Profiles. Lluc B. Penycate spotted this feature the other day and posted about it on Twitter asking […]