How to get started with Google My Business, Google’s one-stop dashboard for managing how Google displays your business for customers who want to find you.

Google today announced “Google My Business (Google.com/business),” an attempt to provide a single-point gateway to the array of products and services the search giant provides to help run and promote a small business.

A 28-second scam call from a con-artist claiming to be from Google

Google announced today that its Get Your Business Online (GYBO.com) initiative is expanding to a city-by-city program with the slogan, Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map.

Regularly log into your Google My Business account to confirm that your business information is current and accurate.

Google Maps Street View app makes it easy to create interior or exterior 360 degree photos of a business. And uploading it to Google Maps is a snap.

To help small businesses spruce up their online presence, Google has created a special version of its local-marketing hub.

You can now edit your Google business listing directly on the desktop and mobile versions of the information preview boxes found on a Google search results page. Here’s how.

Sophisticated scams using thousands of fake Google small business listings are conning customers and driving them away from legitimate small businesses.

Google knows people don’t want a search engine, they want an answer machine.

A cleaner look and more information about your business.

Even when Google is promoting itself, it’s worth paying attention if what they are saying is directed at small, local merchants.

Google adds more data on how people find your Google business listing

Handling customer complaints is one of those areas where most local businesses drop the ball.

Help for those who need a seasonal “temporarily closed” tag on your Google business listing.

Announced last year, Google starts penalizing interstitial ad

Another reason to make sure your Google business page is up to date.

Google’s mobile app uses information like location and previous preferences in providing search results.

Google listings now offer your business the ability to have multiple links for setting up an appointment, reserving a table, placing an order, etc.

Now you don’t have to use Google My Business to update your listing.

Anytime you have a change in date or time, be sure to update your Yelp or Google business listings.

In a celebration of Google’s 20th anniversary, it announced its “next chapter” is driven by three fundamental shifts

Be sure not to confuse you Google+ profile with your Google business listing.

Create posts, reply to reviews, add photos and update business information right from Google Search and Maps.