by Chris Barnard | Jan 24, 2019 | Google My Business
UPDATED 1/24/2021.
What Are Google Posts?
Google Posts are a new way to market to customers & prospective customers (people searching for your products and.or services on Google) through your Google My Business listing.
Google Posts are offers, content, events, or highlights about your business published – via Google My Business (not Google+…more on that later) – which post directly to Google Search & Google Maps.
According to Google, posting through Google My Business lets you publish your events, products, and services directly to Google Search and Maps.
By creating posts, you can place timely, action-oriented content in front of customers & prospective customers when they find your business listing on Google or Google Maps.
Where Will People See Your Google Posts?
When you publish a Post to your Google My Business listing, your post will be seen on:
- Your Google My Business listing.
- Google search engine results – in your Knowledge Panel.
- On your Google Maps listing.
Here’s an example of what Posts inside the Knowledge Panel looks like on search: (more…)
by Chris Barnard | May 29, 2018 | Google My Business
How Can Your Business Dominate Google Maps?
Google Maps leads new customers to your local business every single day – whether you know it or not.
But in order for local businesses to dominate Google Maps, there are certain things you must do to make sure Google can find your business when people around you go a searchin’.
Listing your business on Google Maps is the start, but it doesn’t end there.
In order to dominate Google Maps, you need to claim more than your Google My Business listing.
Local SEO starts with an owned, verified & optimized Google My Business listing, it’s a great – free – way to get your business in front of new customers.
Most searches these days take place on a mobile device, this is one primary reason why Google is going to a mobile-first index by July 2018.
Google found that 4 out of 5 people surveyed used search engines to conduct local searches. used smartphones and 84% used a computer or tablet.
Mobile-first means Google will be ranking the mobile version of your website, before the desktop version.
Takeaway: you shoulda been mobile-friendly as of April 21st, 2015. (more…)
