While Google My Business replaces Google Places, one of the major points that has not changed is the requirement that Service Area Businesses (SAB) hide their address. Your business is classed as a SAB if: Your business is mobile You operate from home Your office is not staffed during your stated opening hours The idea […]
Google My Business – Goodbye Google Places
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 […]
Heartbleed, Schema and Spam, Oh My! (A Week Online, Round Up)
It’s been a while since I did a round up post. So much has gone on this week that can affect local businesses online, I thought it’s time to resurface the round up! Heartbleed Bug The big news last week is the secure web isn’t actually that secure. I’m not a techie or web security […]
How To Transfer Ownership Of Your Google Local Page [Video]
Did you know you can transfer ownership of your Google Local Page? One of the benefits of the upgrade to social pages on Google Plus is the transfer option. It’s come in very handy! (Yes, this works with non-local Plus Pages too) Here’s how – text and screenshots below the video How to Transfer Ownership […]
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 […]
Evolution of Google Local Algorithm [Video]
As Google Local evolves and becomes ever more complicated (and frustrating for many), it’s easy to get stuck in the trap of old style Local SEO. I loved this Whiteboard Friday from SEOMoz with David Mihm. Google Local Ranking David Mihm is the creator of the Local Search Ranking Factors survey, which is possibly the […]
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? […]