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How To Set Special Opening Hours in Google My Businesshttp://www.whitespark.ca/blog/post/76-how-to-set-special-opening-hours-in-google-my-businessBy Anonymous on Dec 18, 2015 04:00 pm Being a business that cares for its’ clients and always wants to improve on customer experience, you know that you need to provide consistent and above all actual up-to-date information about your business. This includes opening hours…Since nowadays most people use their smartphone to find nearby local businesses, which involves Google in the majority of the searches, it is even more imperative to have the right opening hours set in your Google My Business portal.Especially with the holidays approaching, many local businesses have extended opening hours or are closed either earlier or totally on weekdays in the holidays, such as...Read it! »New V2.0 GMB API Released by Google My Businesshttp://www.localsearchforum.com/google-local-important/38851-new-v2-0-gmb-api-released-google-my-business.htmlBy jrobbins on Dec 18, 2015 02:02 pm As always. Thanx Linda!Read it! »Google My Business Updates Guidelines for Hourshttp://imprezziomarketing.com/seo-blog/google-my-business/google-my-business-updates-guidelines-for-hours/By Joy Hawkins on Dec 18, 2015 01:19 pm Google My Business has just updated their guidelines to add some additional clarification around how businesses should list their hours. Previously there were no specific instructions, but now there is an entire section for it. The new additions clarify quite a few frequently asked questions that we often see come up: Appointment-only or varied-hours businesses should notRead it! »Video Deep Dive: Google Knowledge Panel, Local Marries Search & Divorces Plus & Owning Your Web Equityhttp://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-google-knowledge-panel/By Mike Blumenthal on Dec 18, 2015 11:16 am This is the 14th installment of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending Friday, December 4th, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. David Mihm is on sabbatical through April. The complete video is posted in the Local U forums (paywall). In the second half [...]The post Video Deep Dive: Google Knowledge Panel, Local Marries Search & Divorces Plus & Owning Your Web Equity appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedGoogle Releases API For “Google My Business” Local ListingsApple’s iOS 9 Puts the Spotlight on Recovery SearchWill a Tracking URL Hurt Your Local Rankings in Google?Heads Up - Google Either Moving OR Removing Search Location SettingGoogle Hangout: Video as a Content Strategy for Local BusinessesFacebook Testing “Yelpbook” FeatureHow to Target Local CustomersWhy e-Newsletters are so Important for Content MarketingUpdate: Close & Open Listings Within GMBGetting In On The Ground Floor with Schema