It took an extra five days but now websites built and hosted on Google Business Profiles are now being redirected to the Business Profile listing on Google Maps. Google announced in January that it will be shutting down Business Profile websites on March 1, 2024. Google updated its help page this morning to say, “As … Read more
Google has released its new Google Maps and local spam fighting numbers for the 2023 year, citing a big lift in reviews and other local fraud that was blocked. Google credited a new machine learning algorithm and its spam-fighting team for the improvements. You can see the previous years at 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 … Read more
Google is introducing an experimental feature in Google Maps that uses AI to help users discover local businesses that meet specific needs. AI-Powered Discovery The new feature utilizes large language ****** to analyze Google Maps’ database of over 250 million places, photos, ratings, reviews, and more. After entering a conversational search query, Google Maps will … Read more
Google announced it is testing generative AI technology to answer local specific questions within Google Maps. “Starting in the U.S., this early access experiment launches this week to select Local Guides, who are some of the most active and passionate members of the Maps community,” Google wrote. Google’s language ****** can now analyze Google “Maps … Read more
If you’re a business owner or blogger aiming to highlight your location or provide directions to your physical store, embedding Google Maps into your WordPress site is a great idea. Google Maps, a widely used mapping service, enables your audience to search for locations, obtain directions, and explore nearby places effortlessly. By adding Google Maps … Read more
In a move to increase user privacy, Google Maps launched updates to give users more control over location data storage and recent activity. With these updates, users will be able to manage their Location History with greater precision. The changes could, however, affect analytics data marketers utilize for location targeting. Timeline Storage On Local Device … Read more
In an era where visuals often speak louder than words, Google’s latest update to Maps is a game changer. This is particularly pivotal for businesses in the Greater Toronto Area. Google’s “photo-first” search results layout emphasizes the significance of visual content in your business listing on Google Maps, signalling a major shift in how businesses … Read more
Google Maps gets holiday travel boost with smarter transit, group planning, and community engagement features. Google Maps is updating transit directions to recommend smarter routes. New tools will allow for easier group trip planning on Maps. Users can now react to Maps content with emojis. Source link : Searchenginejournal.com
Google is now showing, in some regions, “photo-first” search results within the Google Maps search result listings. Google said this is to help search “find inspiration” a different way. So now the local listings in the Google Maps search results will show a carousel of photos above the textual details of that listing. Google said … Read more
Google may have had an unconfirmed Google search ranking update on October 25th and a new one this morning on the 27th. Google provided information on what it thinks is unhelpful content. Google has finally confirmed it is testing ads within the organic search results. Google now supports syntax graph merge. Google Search Console had … Read more
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