Tag Archives: Google Update

The Google Maps app for Android has seem to add a new tab to manage your business profile(s). The tab shows a store icon with the word “Business” below it. Clicking it, lets you manage your Google Business Profile listing directly in the app.Now, you can manage your business profile in the Google Maps appContinueContinue reading “Google Maps App For Android Adds Business Profile Tab”

Google: Embedding Local Reviews Collected By Third Parties Does Not Help With Web Search RankingsGoogle’s John Mueller was asked if it would help with web rankings in Google to embed reviews from sites like Facebook, Bing, Google, etc., on your website. John said no, not for web search, and he also warned us about notContinueContinue reading “Google Says Embedding Local Reviews On Your Site Does Not Help With Web Rankings”

Google Site Move Documentation UpdatedGoogle has updated the site move related search documentation this week. It seems like most of the changes were mostly about simplifying things around site moves, removing some content, clarification and so forth.Gary Illyes said on Mastodon, “just cleaned it up; it collected a lot of potentially unnecessary sentences over theContinueContinue reading “Google Updates Site Move Documentation”

Google Search Console pushed out a security control update that reworked how the user and permissions management works. This is to bring over the old Webmaster Tools version to the new Search Console, and Google will sunset the old version in the coming months.The new functionalities added to Google Search Console’s user and permissions managementContinueContinue reading “Google Search Console Updates Users & Permissions Controls”

Google Business Profiles lets you access and edit your business profile from web search (like it or not) and recently, Google has been testing showing a “see photos” button in addition to the normal “add photos” button.Seems redundant? Yea, a little but I guess Google is testing it to see if businesses use it?This wasContinueContinue reading “Google Business Profiles Tests See Photos Button”