Google Drops Unicode Hack In Local Panel

Jan 4, 2019 - 8:09 am 1 by
Filed Under Google Maps

Poof Gone

Earlier this week we reported how one Google My Business listing added unicode like text to their business name listing and it shows up all funky and cool in the local panel. Well, now it is gone - it no longer shows up as unicode. I guess Google didn't like it.

Here is the before:

Google Local Panel Maps Unicode Text

Here is the after:

Google Local Panel Unicode Gone

This is why we cannot have nice things.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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