New “Messages” Notification in GMB Dashboard
Spotted by Claire Carlile and shared on Twitter. Google is testing a new "X Customers are waiting for your response"…
Google Local Tests Purple Heart Label For Women Led Businesses
Saad AK and Colan Nielsen spotted this and shared on Twitter. New purple heart label for women-owned businesses
Local 5-Pack Spotted
Is this a test? A glitch? Nobody knows. First spotted by Sterling Sky's Dave DiGregorio
Google Starts Testing GMB Offer Posts as Justifications and Also Within Location Panels
Shared by Glenn Gabe on Twitter and spotted by Saijo George of tl;dr Marketing and Brodie Clark
Google Adds “Identifies as Latino-owned” Attribute to GMB
Spotted by Colan Nielsen and shared on Twitter
Google My Business Eliminates Site Manager Role
Joy shared on Twitter a screenshot from an official GMB email indicating the site manager role is being deprecated. Everyone…
Google Posts Can Show Up on 3rd Party Websites
Spotted by Claire Carlile and written up by Barry Schwartz, Google has added verbiage that indicates Google Posts COULD show…
Google Ads Language Support Attribute for Healthcare
Stefan Somborac spotted this new attribute for healthcare categories, now doctors, clinics, etc can provide information on all of the…
Google Testing Review Count from Independent Sites
Brandon Schmidt from YDOP spotted a new label in some GMB listings listing the review count from independent (not Google)…
Google Testing New 3-Pack View
SEO_Ron reports at the Local Search Forum that Google is testing a new layout for the 3-pack that excludes stars,…
GMB Posting A “How is your business doing?” Message in Messaging Notifications
Colan Nielsen shared this image of a notification a business received from GMB Messaging. They seem to be polling to…
GMB Testing “Areas Served” Label in Google Search
Barry Schwartz posts on this Ben Fisher find - seems to be a bonus for SABs?