Google My Business Tests Mini Dashboard In Search Results

Jul 12, 2017 - 7:44 am 1 by
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A week ago, Mike Blumenthal covered a new Google test around the Google My Business platform. In short, it appears Google is trying hard to get business owners to update their Google My Business listings. This test, brings up their Google My Business dashboard, or at least a miniature version of it, directly in the web search results.

If a business owner searches for his or her business in Google web search and they are signed into the account that has permissions to that business listing in Google My Business, Google is testing showing this mini dashboard.

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From here, you can view your stats, edit your business listing, add photos, see your reviews or look at your insights (analytics) for your Google My Business listing. If you click edit info, you are taken into typical edit mode from the Google search results:

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This was first spotted by @thibaultadda and expanded upon by Mike.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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