Learn how hard Barry Schwartz works in the SEO world to keep people up to date on what is new in Google and what is not. Then learn how this might apply to you as a Local SEO or a small business owner trying to keep track of what is going on in your Google My Business (GMB) profile or profiles.
45. 1.Businesses Errantly Being marked Temporarily Closed
2.Reviews Paused (Now Returned to Some Industries)
3.Questions & Answers Section Removed (Returned to Some Industries)
4.Photos from Users Not Showing Live
5.Review Responses Paused (Publishing again as of April 7)
6.Google paused most edits other than hours, attributes, and business descriptions
(Varies by Profile)
7.Google Posts Temporarily Permitted for Chains
8.Added Takeout & Delivery Attributes (Some Business Types)
9.Warning Labels Regarding Hours
10. Temporarily Closed Label Stopped Impacting Rankings
11. TeleHealth Links & COVID-19 Info & “Get Online Care” links
12. COVID-19 Google Post move up in the Local Panel on Desktop
13. Support/Gift Card Buttons
46. Things in the SERP
or Map Pack
• Ads - in the Map Pack
• Upgraded/Google
Guarantee/LSA
• COVID Warnings
Things in the GMB Profile
Page
• Ads for Competitors
• Integrations – Grubhub/Uber
• Hours Changes
• Posts
• Top Reviews
• Top Images
• Busy Times
47. But How Do
You Know
When These
Things are
Impacting Your
Business?
This Happens Because People Spend So Much Time Looking at Data in their Analytics & Much Less Time Looking at Real Results
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-fewer-rich-results-faq-how-to-29787.htmlRich results from June 20th was at about 25% of the search results and now it is down to 14.6% of results
How to and FAQ results from June 20th was at about 19% of the search results and now it is down to 13% of the results
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-fewer-rich-results-faq-how-to-29787.htmlRich results from June 20th was at about 25% of the search results and now it is down to 14.6% of results
How to and FAQ results from June 20th was at about 19% of the search results and now it is down to 13% of the results
Map Pack Results Can Change Pretty Significantly from Day to Day
Map Pack Results Can Change Pretty Significantly from Day to Day
Google Service Ads (https://ads.google.com/local-services-ads/…) have been around for some time now (probably since 2016?)