Google Removes Anonymous Reviews

In late May 2018, many business owners noticed a peculiar (and unsettling) phenomenon: their review total plummeted, with some businesses losing dozens of reviews seemingly overnight. What happened? The most likely explanation for the disappearance of so many reviews is that Google eliminated any and all anonymous reviews. These are the reviews that were published Read More

“Google My Business” Replaces Google Places and Google+ Local

Signifying a major investment in local businesses on Wednesday, June 11th, Google rolled out the largest business-owner-facing launch in the history of the company. “Google My Business” is now an all-encompassing platform for business owners to manage their listings, their reviews, Google+ posts and pages, website analytics, AdWords campaigns, and more! This is a welcome Read More