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Google My Business Descriptions Are Back…Again

Google Adds Business Descriptions In Google My Business & Local Knowledge Panel

 
Are you a local Carlsbad business owner concerned with what your Google My Business listing says about you?

Not the descriptors, reviews, office hours, categories, or other such important attributes of your Google My Business listing, no.

We’re talking about the ‘Descriptions‘ field that disappeared back in 2016, but has been reappearing in some Google My Business listings in the past week or so.

It wasn’t that long ago when Google removed the capability to describe your business in Google My Business, that was back in 2016.

And don’t think that this Description field can possibly disappear from your Google My Business listing in the future. Google is notorious for launching, then removing many things….which positively & negatively affect your local business digital footprint.

Business owners will likely soon have – if you don’t see it already – the option to write and edit descriptions that show up in your Google My Business listing, and in Google’s local knowledge panel. (more…)