Hello Google My Business Google announced yesterday the global rollout of Google My Business. The official UK announcement came this morning over on the Google UK for Business Page. Google My Business should be hitting the dashboard in 236 regions and 65 languages as we speak. If you don’t have it right now, it won’t […]
Google Places (+Local) Edit Info Warnings [Video]
Update Google Places Listing Or Lose It Back in February, Google sent emails to businesses telling them to update their Google Places listing or risk losing it. It turned out that this purge of local listings was aimed at Australian listings only. Post by My Local Business Online. True to their word, Google started removing […]
Google Places Gets A Long Awaited Make-Over (Hurrah!)
I’ve been dying to get to this since last night when I saw the Google blog announcement fly through my feed. Google Places is having a makeover. Its new improved dashboard is rolling out now in the US and will eventually go international. We’re told to sit tight. What’s new in Google Places for Business? […]
Google Places Phone Support (Yes, that pig has wings…)
Mike Blumenthal revealed on his blog yesterday that Google have started offering phone support for Google Places pin issues. I hope you were sitting down when you read that! Don’t get too excited yet… Here’s what Mike said over on his blog: To initiate a call in go to the Google Places for Business I’m […]
Important Service Area Business Google+ Local Change You Need To Know
It’s the 2nd January, and back to the keyboard as usual with a business head on! Just before the holidays, Google made this announcement on their Google and Your Business Forum Are you a Service Area Business (SAB) that has created and verified/merged a social local Google+ page for your business? Read on! If you […]
Google +Local (Google Places) “My Listing Has Incorrect Information”
Google Troubleshooter Unavailable For “My Listing Has Incorrect Information” The merge of Google Places to Google +Local has been a bit bumpy for many (a slight understatement!) I’ve worked with Google local on and off for years as it came under the “get Jan to do it” part of my job description in various roles […]
Google Places Brings The Social Web To Local Businesses
Google Places and Google Plus… Who would have thought the merge would start happening so soon? Mind you with all the issues over on Google Places recently, it’s hardly a huge surprise the Big G was going to pull a whopper this time! Helping people discover and share local businesses with Google+ Before you get […]