Channel: Local

Google adds booking for spa and salon appointments from Search & Maps

Channel: Local, Google, Google: Google My Business, Google: Knowledge Graph, Google: Maps & Local, Search Marketing: Local Search Marketing, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Consumers across the US can now book appointments with salons and spas through Google. Beauty is the second category of appointment bookings available through Google in the US. In December 2016, consumers in select cities could book fitness classes through the Reserve with Google site, as well as Google Search and Maps. That functionality rolled out to the […]

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Google begins rolling out messaging feature within Google My Business

Channel: Local, Google: Google My Business, Google: Maps & Local, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google appears to be rolling out a messaging feature to Google My Business customers. Both Mike Blumenthal and @AnthonyCGuzman posted that they and their customers are starting to notice the feature within Google My Business. This is a feature Google began testing in November of last year. Google has confirmed this is now fully rolling

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Google tests a Google My Business dashboard within the web search results

Channel: Local, Google: Google My Business, Google: Maps & Local, Google: SEO, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Mike Blumenthal has reported that Google is testing a new way to get business owners to update their Google My Business listings. Google is now testing a feature that shows a business owner who is logged in to their account a miniature Google My Business dashboard when they do a search for their business name in

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Google adds menu tab to restaurants’ local panel

Channel: Local, Google: Google My Business, Google: Knowledge Graph, Google: Maps & Local, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google has added a new tab to the local panel for many restaurants. The new tab is for accessing the restaurant’s menu, and Google may show the tab if Google is able to pick out the menu items from the restaurant’s menu. Sergey Alakov first noticed this, and I am able to replicate it for

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Google Maps will use crowdsourcing to identify wheelchair-accessible locations

Channel: Local, Google: Android, Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google Maps has rolled out a new editing feature that crowdsources accessibility details about locations or business listings — making it possible for anyone to add details on whether or not a place is wheelchair-accessible. “When you want to share accessibility information about a place or add details about many places quickly, just open Google

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Dex Media acquires YP Holdings to expand its SMB marketing automation platform

Business Issues: Acquisitions & Investments, Channel: Local, Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, SEM Industry: Acquisitions, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Matt McGee is the Editor-In-Chief of Search Engine Land and Marketing Land. His news career includes time spent in TV, radio, and print journalism. After leaving traditional media in the mid-1990s, he began developing and marketing websites and continued to provide consulting services for more than 15 years. His SEO and social media clients ranged

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Google rolls out local highlight icons & price labels for hotel results

Channel: Local, Google: Maps & Local, Google: SEO, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google has confirmed with Search Engine Land that they are now rolling out two new local search features: highlight icons in the local search listings price labels in the hotel search results Local highlight icons show icons in a local panel that represent what amenities the local business has. Items might include fast service, healthy

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