Yahoo is actively exploring opportunities to enhance its search service. As the trend of integrating new features into search continues, it will be intriguing to witness how Yahoo strives to transform its offering into a competitive and compelling service.

In a recent update, Google has released an article in the "Map User Contributed Policy" help center, which focuses on posting restrictions. This is a significant development as it is the first time Google has presented a comprehensive breakdown of the various types of restrictions.

With Apple Business Connect, users have the ability to discover your business on Apple Maps, granting you control over its visibility. By creating a place card that is accessible to Apple device users globally, you can conveniently provide directions, contact information, and other useful actions all in one centralized location.

Beginning February 15th, 2023, the option to indicate price ranges or customize calls to action for products on your Google Business Profile (GBP) will no longer be available. Only single-priced items will be supported moving forward.

Google has expanded the enrollment for dentists in its Local Service Ads (LSAs). While LSAs are available in 11 countries, the dental vertical is currently restricted to the United States.

Google Business Profiles are now featured in Discover, a personalized feed that provides users with a diverse selection of articles and news. This integration enables businesses to expand their reach and improve online visibility, thereby driving increased traffic to their listings.

Clients who have listed products now have the Product Data section visibly displayed on their Google Business Profile (GBP) profiles. This feature allows them to effectively showcase comprehensive product details, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and customer reviews.

Google has added a new feature to the New Merchant Experience (NMX), the updated in-search editing interface. This new capability empowers businesses to generate a personalized map that can be seamlessly incorporated into their website.

With the expansion of the attributes section, Google now allows you to label specific details for restaurant clients, such as Dine-In and Takeout options. This enhancement aims to improve the local search visibility of your locations, providing users with more comprehensive information.

Google has implemented an "easy-to-scroll list of related topics" on mobile devices, specifically in English/US. These topics will be displayed alongside filters at the top of the search results page, enabling users to engage in a more targeted exploration or discovery of new information on a particular subject.

In the revised Google Business Profile interface on Search, while updating your local listing, you might come across the previous location where your business was listed before attempting to relocate it.

Following the modifications made to a Google Business Profile (GBP), you may receive a message from Google offering precise information, down to the minute, about the expected review time for your edit. In this specific case, the edit underwent a rapid review process and was swiftly published within a matter of minutes.

Google now offers suggestions for service areas to add to your business profile, granting you enhanced control over the potential services that can be listed for your Google Business locations. This feature allows you to customize and expand the service areas according to your specific offerings.

Remain vigilant for fraudulent ownership requests targeting your Google Business Profiles. It is crucial to accept ownership requests exclusively from users within your organization. Please consult your company's best practices for further guidance and precautions.

Google is asking certain businesses, like bars, restaurants and other venues if they will be showing the world cup at their location. If they add the "showing the world cup" attribute to their business profile, Google will show it on their local business profile in Google Maps and Google Search.

A new feature has been introduced that allows you to crop images for Google Posts directly during the post creation process. This convenient addition helps reduce the time spent on editing and scaling photos to align with Google's image upload best practices.

Google or a user might suggest an edit to your business listing, then Google may decide to adopt that suggested edit, resulting in your Google business listing's CID, the identification number Google uses for your business, changing. With that change, the reviews go missing

GBP users can now select a new identity attribute in GBP for LGBTQ+ owned. This is different than the one that says LGBTQ+ friendly which has been around for several years.

Google is redirecting users from the Google Business Profile Manager website to the Google Search Interface when trying to update listing details. The goal is to move away from Google Business Profile Manager all together.

Although well documented, new instances of a a dental office having to deal with third party services being shown in their Knowledge Panel without prior authorization. Google looks for ways to automate that but sometimes it might be too much.