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Cars For Sale On Google Business Profiles & Local Search

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January 6, 2022

Cars For Sale On Google Business Profiles & Local Search

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Google is showing more and more cars for sales in the local search results. Saad AK spotted it the other day and shared a video of it in action and Riley Hope shared more details on how dealerships can get their cars in these spots. This reminds me of what we saw back in April of last year.

It is called Cars for Sale on Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business) and you need to fill out a form to be included. Google posted d details of this over here and wrote “Google is piloting a feature to surface cars for sale inventory on dealerships’ Business Profiles. Google users can then search, filter, and easily learn more about cars for sale, potentially directing customers to your dealership. The cars for sale inventory information is provided by car dealerships or their authorized partners. This program is currently being piloted with a handful of partners and we’re exploring ways we can work with a broader set of partners in the future to surface the most helpful and accurate information for Google users who are in the market for a vehicle. If you are a dealer or a partner who works with dealers and are interested in participating in this feature, fill out the interest form.”

Here is how the flow works from the local Google mobile search results:

Here is Saad AK’s video of how he sees it:

Google > Mobile
I saw Local Car Listings directly in SERPs.
It might be new.
Sending to: @rustybrick SIR. pic.twitter.com/aEnABBguWm
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— Saad AK (@SaadAlikhan1994) January 5, 2022

I asked some local automotive SEOs about this:

This is Cars for Sale feature that dealers have to sign up for after gaining eligibility: https://t.co/MPdB3gtz6D
It’s a pilot feature and along the USA coast it’s pretty accurate, seen it a bit for dealers I work with across the USA. They’ve changed how it looks a few times
— riley hope (@reillyhope13) January 5, 2022

Looks like a different display layout for VLAs (vehicle listing ads) – still in limited beta
— Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) January 5, 2022

So if you do work with a dealership, you probably want to take advantage of it.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

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Google is testing “more like this” star feature, the things to know box on the right side and the product panels with shaded backgrounds. Google said sometimes a brand becomes so popular it will rank above the general meaning of the word in Google Search. Page speed issues won’t lead to your site being removed from Google. I also posted my weekly SEO video recap – with a cold and cough.

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Google Search: When A Brand Becomes More Popular Than The Meaning Of The Word

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Google is testing the placement of the Things To Know section on the right-side panel. Typically, you find these within the main search results in the middle portion of the search results.

Google Tests Shady Design For Product Panels

Google is testing another design for the product panels in Google Search. This new design shades the boxes for some of the products and reviews, etc. It also moves some of the filters around.

Google: Page Speed Issues Wouldn’t Lead To Your Site Being Removed From Google Search

Google’s John Mueller said that your site or page would not be removed from the Google Search results over page speed issues. He was asked about this on Twitter and said no, page speed won’t lead to your site on the basis of page speed.

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A redirect is not a 404 🙂, John Mueller on Twitter

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Google’s push to get merchants to add product information to their Business Profiles continues. A new section about adding products was just added to the help doc “Edit your Business Profile on Google, Stefan Somborac on Twitter

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When is cloaking. not penalisable?, WebmasterWorld

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