{"id":542,"date":"2017-09-27T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2017-09-27T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:38:03","slug":"add-quick-links-to-local-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/add-quick-links-to-local-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Now You Can Add Quick Links To Local Listings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can now add quick links to your local results, thanks to Google My Business\u2019s latest update!<br \/>\nThey have recently announced that local business owners will now be able to add quick links<br \/>\nto their local listings. Currently, it is visible only to select categories of businesses<\/p>\n<p>But those who will be able to enjoy it can add the quick links using their Google My Business<br \/>\naccount. It may prove to be beneficial to those who directly serve the customers. From the limited categories that will be able to avail this new feature, businesses like restaurants will reap the maximum benefits from it, since they can add direct links to online ordering menu, reviews and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google <em><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/6262887\">posted<\/a> <\/em>the news about adding quick links to local results on their release notes page saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add links to specific actions like online orders or reservations. Make it easier for customers to<br \/>\ntake action directly from your listing.<\/p>\n<p>This new update is to make it easier for the users to take actions. By cutting short the process<br \/>\nfrom Google \u2014&gt; Website \u2014&gt; Action to Google \u2014&gt; Action.<\/p>\n<p>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/6218037\">help center article<\/a><\/em> has been updated to explain the steps for businesses to take to add<br \/>\nthese URLs. Some of the actions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>booking an appointment<\/li>\n<li>placing an order<\/li>\n<li>reserving a table<\/li>\n<li>searching for items<\/li>\n<li>viewing the menu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-10.22.54-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-544\" src=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-10.22.54-AM.png\" alt=\"quick-links-local-listings-screenshot\" width=\"466\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-10.22.54-AM.png 664w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-10.22.54-AM-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-10.22.54-AM-624x744.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now add quick links to your local results, thanks to Google My Business\u2019s latest update! They have recently announced that local business owners will now be able to add quick links to their local listings. Currently, it is visible only to select categories of businesses But those who will be able to enjoy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}