Google Maps and local search news — Business Profiles, the local pack, reviews, Ask Maps and how AI answers are changing visibility for local businesses.
Google Posts are appearing higher in local knowledge panels in a test spotted by Ben Fisher, reversing the 2018 move that pushed Posts to the bottom.
The local search industry is reorganising around a new question. It used to be whether a business ranks in the Google Maps pack; increasingly, owners want to know...
Local businesses should know that a quiet change on their Google Business Profile has a loud consequence: the Q&A section, where owners used to answer customer questions directly,...