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lucivinyl · 2 years
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a message for you
summary: in which soulmates share markings on their skin
characters: diluc, childe, kaeya, thoma
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Diluc
doesn’t really do anything about it. as a somewhat solemn figure himself, he understands that appearance is important, and the last thing he wants is to embarrass you in the middle of something serious with some cheesy scribbles
though he doesn’t mind receiving them, given that he doesn’t show that much skin. in fact, he rather anticipates them. sometimes when he’s stuck at work, he’ll roll up his sleeve to see if you’ve left him a message or two
they’re enough to get him through the day
even if he were to write something to you, he’d do it somewhere subtle, like the insides of your upper arms. usually they’re reminders for you to grab lunch or simply ‘miss you’
the only time he won’t hesitate to draw on both your skins is when you get an injury. it could be as small as a paper cut, but diluc will still grab a pen, circle that blooming red line, and leave you an ‘are you alright?’
Childe
he’ll write on his skin whenever he so much as thinks of you, which means pretty much all the time
throughout the day you’ll receive all kinds of messages, from ‘work is boring, i miss you :(’ to ‘OMG i just saw a hilichurl pet a squirrel’
of course, it’s not just words. sometimes he’ll doodle something silly in the centre of your palm (like his face). if he’s sure that you’re just lounging around at home, he may grab a marker and start doing makeup knowing the lines will transfer directly to you
most of the time it ends up with his enemies looking at him with a half puzzled, half amused face
aside from that, he also begins to stay more alert during missions. the thought of indirectly scarring you because of his carelessness or thirst for battles fills him with guilt he can’t quite stomach
Kaeya
exploits this ability with every chance he gets. nothing can stop him from putting his love for you on display, and the fact that the marks show up on both of you just makes it all the better
you’ll be walking down the street when someone hesitantly taps your shoulder and gestures vaguely at your face
now this isn’t a rare occurrence. you’re already muttering under your breath as you find the nearest reflective surface- there it is, a badly drawn peacock head under the corner of your eye, winking and holding a rose in its beak
at the same time kaeya is actually quite a decent painter. sometimes when he’s bored, he’ll sketch the scenery before him: the knights’ headquarters, the tavern, bennett as he runs away from a flock of seagulls. as he draws, you watch the lines appear on the canvas on your skin, and it’s almost like you’re following his train of thoughts
sometimes in the morning, when you have your attention on something else, he throws his arms around you and plants a biggggg kiss on your cheek. for some reason it feels a bit… wet… and sticky-
“did you just-” you rub your face and finds, to your horror, lipstick smudged on your fingers. “kaeya, i swear to barbatos, i’m going to set your wine on fire.”
that does give him quite the fright, but knowing you, it doesn’t really stop him from leaving trails of kisses all over you
Thoma
thoma doesn’t really leave anything for you that often, because he’s worried that they’re ill-timed
what he will write though, are grocery lists. almost every evening, you’ll find a list of products scrawled on your forearm.
it’s not only for convenience, but it’s also an invitation in a sense. he just wants you to add whatever you want him to get for you, whether it be snacks or household items
the first time you found a map of scratches on your arms, you were petrified, thinking that thoma had got into trouble. in the end he had to apologize profusely and explain that he was just trying to befriend some local strays
since then he makes a note to be more careful when he plays with the more feral cats on the streets
on another note, he doesn’t really mind you leaving a little something for him from time to time. anywhere is fine, but he does find his heart glow warmly when you surprise him with sweet comments on his calloused hands. when he closes then into fists, it almost feels like he’s holding a part of you
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script-a-world · 4 months
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How can there be roads or highways in mid air? I was reading a book the other day that inspired me for a setting, however one thing that confused me when is the setting had flying vehicles and lots of mention of roads and even highways in mid air, above the cities and between cities. It detailed nothing about how it worked. I mean okay, if there's a lot of traffic, you just mingle in and get in lane like people lining up without the use of line dividers. But emptier roads/highways, well just where are the lanes? How do people identify it? Floating markers? But that was never mentioned. Via map/GPS/altimeter? Also never mentioned. Anyway any ideas/thoughts?
Tex: Roads and highways can become vestigial terminology for new technology, in the sense that transitional technology often adopts terms from previous generations of technology to orient people more quickly (see: telephone).
Likely the technology required for aircraft, especially as personal vehicles or public transportation, has a lot of programming and pseudo-digital environment (i.e. a dashboard map that shows the “road” the vehicle is programmed to follow, rather than literal pavement visible to the driver). Alternatively, there could be a plethora of hovering buoys transmitting holograms mid-air to guide drivers, even if visually this could get very messy and would likely also rely on the previously-mentioned dashboard map and a fair amount of AI-assisted driving.
One thing to note, also, about sources of inspiration is that they’re a product of the author’s imagination, who may or may not (most likely not) be educated in the subjects they’re writing about. I’m not aware of science editors for fiction being a thing, as suspension of disbelief is a higher prioritization for publishing houses to make it palatable to the masses, so no work is without its technical flaws or safe from the passage of time in terms of outdated or degraded scientific assumptions.
Licorice: Have you considered self-driving radar controlled airships? The "road system" isn't physically marked, but there's a GPS in the ship that knows where you can and can't fly and won't let you stray outside the programmed routes. 
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andromeda3116 · 11 months
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every time i see a post about "americans don't want to use the metric system!!" i'm just like...
it's so entrenched, y'all
switching to kilometers would mean changing the entire interstate highway system. that is 46,876 miles of asphalt and signage. do you have any idea how much time, effort, and money that would cost? it's not just the mile markers -- every single exit is marked on the mile. and you'd have to change not just every single speed limit sign and every single exit sign, but every single mile marker. every last one of those 46,876 miles. did you not know that there are small markers on all the miles? because there are. on all of them, plus some that mark in-between, such as on long bridges, so you can tell emergency services exactly where you are in a crisis.
every single map would suddenly be wrong. and not just by a little bit. by an incomprehensible amount, once you scaled up. every car's speedometer, every map. every sign, and there are so many signs.
every single recipe, every single set of measuring cups, every single set of measuring spoons, every single gallon of milk, every single --
everything.
"just switch to the metric system!" would have been reasonable in 1790, or maybe even 1939, but now? with 46,876 miles -- 75,439 kilometers -- of interstate highway through fifty states that can't agree on shit? with corporations that won't change the name of a product without rigorous audience testing? with entrenched textbooks that you're still fighting with over the "the" in Ukraine?
no, america can't just switch to the metric system. is the imperial system stupid? yeah, mostly. (i do think that fahrenheit has its value.) does that matter?
no.
it's absolutely woven into the fabric of modern life at this point. it doesn't matter how stupid it is, it is still how it is.
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littledragoncorp · 1 year
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Dragonlance Hardcover Releases 12/6/2022
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doshmanziari · 2 years
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Overestimating Overviews of Overworlds
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It’s occurred to me that, if I am going to continue writing about Elden Ring, the writing will mostly concern other appraisals of it. This isn’t my ideal situation, since this sort of criticality tends to be inspired by irritation; but I will occasionally indulge the irritation, just to get it off my chest.
Elden Ring has summoned a storm of hyperbolic praise which is quite beyond my experiences with it, leaving me at once mystified and unconvinced. A great deal of this praise obviously, and admittedly, constitutes the so-called hype machine; so, I will be engaging the stupidest instances of criticism. For years, it has been clear that various journalistic and critical outlets for videogames are united in doling out fairly equivalent, readymade praise if the game in question possesses a certain level of “polish”, “spectacle”, and “content.” For myself, the most hyperbolic of these praises for Elden Ring tend to concern its overworld’s level design. Here are just a few of the article and video titles concerning this:
Elden Ring Sets A New Benchmark For Open World Design
Why Elden Ring Revolutionizes Open-World Design
How Elden Ring Succeeds by Ignoring 20 Years of Open-World Design
Why Elden Ring's Open World Design Succeeds While Others Fail
Why Elden Ring Has One of the Best Open-Worlds Ever
How Elden Ring Finally Solved The Boring Open-World Sandbox Problem
How Elden Ring Defies Open World Fatigue
Elden Ring's Open World Is An Antithesis To Traditional Open-World Games
How Elden Ring upturns open world design
Elden Ring Has Ruined Other Open World Games For Me
The Lands Between in Elden Ring Is the Best Open World Ever
Looking at all of this, I can only squint, and ask: “Really? Really?”
What is so frustrating, so simplistic, so trivial about these declarations and evaluations is that they all hinge, with great dependence, upon the detail of what Elden Ring chooses to signal and what not to signal, relative to quests or points of interest (although, it should be noted that Elden Ring does have map-markers for the locations of characters and sites). That is to say, the identification of world design herein largely does not involve the level design at all, but rather complementary, indicative abstractions.
While most open world games crowd the player with chores, directions, and blaring side-missions, Elden Ring remains aloof. It’s a game that invites me to go where I will.
Elden Ring is a masterclass of design for an open world. It’s not full of icons or waypoint markers telling you where to go next, but it still fills the world to the brim with things to do, rather than just making it a set dressing to look at pretty vistas.
...completing an open-world game can quickly become a chore with the overwhelming number of activities to accomplish. Maps can soon become overrun with mystery icons or consistently distract players from their current goal with other missions nearby.
It is common to be bombarded with things to do, UI tooltips to read, and constantly going to the various submenus to see what to do next.
If the “revolution” here hinges upon the matter of UI and HUD technicalities, I am sorry to say that Elden Ring has... well, not done very much -- in part because this absent, or quiet, signaling has been the standard for the relevant games within FromSoftware’s library for years now.
On a certain level, these hyperbolic claims of revolution (a word long deprived of all legitimate power from its overuse within every single domain of product advertisement), of an antitheticality so tremendous that it retroactively spoils everything prior to Elden Ring, are amusing, for they suggest a medium so deprived and mean in its vision that a handful of omissive adjustments bring about the most miraculous thing made by human hands. If this is the case, I would posit that videogames exist in a creative state more dire than any exhausted criticism of the “open world” genre would dare to admit. This is, as I said, amusing, because it is an implication I would more or less agree with, while at the same time I find no basis for the judgment leading to the implication.
Anyway -- Elden Ring has not, actually, done very much to reinvent its chosen genre. The assertion that it has “[ignored] twenty years of open-world design” is so stunningly, evidently false that it is amazing such a byline could even be chosen to garner incredulous clicks. Elden Ring’s overworld is straight up some of the most open-world design I’ve ever seen, being overall defined by broad extents of non-specific, trees-and-rocks stretches, occasionally split up by vertical sections, dotted by typologies -- catacombs, rises, ruin chambers, caves, forts, churches -- which quickly become predictable, as it concerns their basic, building-block constitution, and constantly alerting you to the “lootability” of its land’s natural resources.₁
This is to say little about how easy fast-travel is, or how many sites of safety and checkpoints can be found, to a point of staggering, map-smothering abundance.₂ Elden Ring pretty damn well adheres to dominant ideas of what “open world” design means. That its gating or signaling may be less enforced than some other exploration-based game does not necessitate a triumphal chorus.
Just as we’ve had to endure ten years of an insistence that the most remarkable thing about Dark Souls is that it is “Tough but Fair” -- as if FromSoftware invented or perfected balanced, challenge-based gameplay in 2011 --, it looks like we will now have to endure years of an insistence that Elden Ring invented or perfected -- I don’t know, what? a big world without stacked notification texts and explicitly telegraphed quest structure? Given that the typical rundown of “traditional open-world games” includes series such as The Elder Scrolls, how are titles like Morrowind being forgotten? There is a strange sort of self-imposed amnesia to this excitement -- an amnesia I detected when, prior to and upon Elden Ring’s release, comparisons to Breath of the Wild (2017) were made eagerly, without a word concerning Dragon’s Dogma (2012). A mere difference of five years rendered a substantial parallel, apparently, inconceivable. The hype machine necessitates the dimmest retrospective vision.
What does set the landscape apart is that there are no populous towns or cities; and that, as I described before, vistas have a diorama-like visual/situational quality, wherein “everything is dedicatedly laid out” (and, secondarily, that boundaries are generally indicated and enforced by sheer deadly drops). Yet, again, these aspects, with varied application, have been a commonality of landscapes in, for example, the Dark Souls series. Why its inclusion here should be especially surprising or amazing isn’t obvious, although the landmarking is helpful for navigating without constant reference to the map.
This loops back around to the point that the other virtues enumerated among the aforementioned articles and videos -- that “you don’t matter” (incorrect; as I’ve argued elsewhere, at least regarding the Dark Souls trilogy, the player is a principle-organizing avatar of the anima mundi), that there is “organic learning”, that there is a commitment to “letting the player breathe”  -- are well-established traits of Miyazaki and company’s projects. It is fine to notice, to mention, these traits, but their move to an “open world” context does does not suddenly make them novel or daring by virtue of some superiority of genre.
Here, I’m compelled to ruminate on and reiterate the conclusions from my last article about Elden Ring:
I strongly believe that responsible critical interest herein will behoove future explorations of why Elden Ring may be receiving extra-special attention for its “open world” when, for example, Dark Souls was really a type of “open world” game too – a type more particularly suited to the strengths of FromSoftware’s creative vision and still rare to find among 3D videogames (especially during a playthrough with the Master Key, which allows access to most locked doors). Between all of these highly positive reviews, I detect the dreary sentiment that, now that FromSoftware has “finally” paired certain design trademarks with a more recognizably “open world” format, it has achieved an ultimate formulation of potential – a formulation that just happens to coincide with, as I wrote before, “a demand for Maximum Content.”
Something about Elden Ring’s designation as an “open world” game has prompted people to reach for the most frothy-mouthed praise, to stumble over one another to be the first to, loudest of all, exclaim how EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW! But -- my gosh, guys, it’s not. Normally, I find myself in the place of asking people to adopt a position of greater critical subtlety and complexity, yet here I find myself pushing against a bevy of overestimations. When I state that Elden Ring strikes me as having a pretty standard overworld design, marked by several good-to-excellent dedicated gauntlets, I am saying what feels outright banal in its obviousness.
The fact that FromSoftware’s transition to overworld design feels so matter-of-course is for me precisely what makes it unremarkable, and why the claim that it has “[ignored] twenty years of open-world design” is so ridiculous. It is, so to speak, exactly what I would expect, given all of the limitations this kind of scope tends to impose upon level design; and that is why it’s so unexciting.
₁ These constant alerts of “lootability” are destructive to the explorative sensibility, for they create an explicit hierarchy of zones which are “desirable”, or “useful”, as set against zones which are “useless”, or “pointless.” Elden Ring would’ve been better off omitting something which certainly will lead many players around according to an obsessive-compulsive thread, and which diminishes the landscape’s autonomous presence of place.
₂ This does not get into how one’s sense of danger within the wilderness can be, usually, instantly disassembled by mounting one’s horse and galloping away. There are very few threats which are not trivialized by this maneuver. One might argue that this illustrates Elden Ring’s generosities with regard to options; but it does mean that to commit to a dangerous situation upon the overworld, without recourse to self-preservation, is really a kind of self-handicapping decision. To experience any sense of danger when, say, stumbling upon a company of knights, one must “stoop to their level” and stay there. This is one of Elden Ring’s many weak Quality-of-Life concessions to “open world” design: offering an overworld so large, yet non-threatening, that exploring it initially is like a chill-out session on the twenty-seventh playthrough of a previous game.
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veryutils · 1 month
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VeryUtils Smooth Zoom Pan Image Viewer is an easy-to-use JavaScript
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todayimgonnaplay · 8 months
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Today I'm gonna play: Gravity Rush
I've never owned a Vita, since I had my PSP at the time, and thought it was just a mildly upgraded PSP. I've heard of Gravity Rush years later when I saw some artwork of it and thought it looked great! This time, I thought of emulating it to try it out.
I'm a little familiar with Japan Studio's work, such as Patapon, Ape Escape and PocoRoco which were all beloved childhood games to me. I didn't know it was developed by them until I saw the splash screen, and it makes sense cause the one thing all those games have in common is having characters that speak fictional languages. It's quite endearing!
Gravity Rush has this unique mechanic of well...bending gravity to your will to progress through the game. And it is so much fun than I expected! You're placed in an open world with lots of freedom to go anywhere you please, and it's been a while since I had fun with an open world game, the last one being GTA 5. With gravity being central to its mechanics as well as story, the game really did a great job with how much you can play around with it. There are nice little details too, such as gravity affecting NPCs or props, so you may end up unintentionally flinging innocent people, but there are no consequences for doing so which is funny. Combat also includes gravity, as you fight in the air for certain enemies to hit their weak point, and also use special skills to deal more damage. I'd say the combat aspect is a bit awkward to control (maybe it's better on native hardware), but it's simplified enough that it's not too complex. You're also given little challenges, side quests and some grinding mechanics for more replayability and flexibility in level design.
The greatest strength this game does have however is its art style. It's set in a picturesque town that reminds you of older European towns. The scale is quite big overall as the towns seem to be split into districts you can travel to, which really shocked me for a portable game. It immerses you so well that it feels like you're in a fantasy movie!
Story-wise from what I've played so far, it's quite charming and leaves enough mystery to get you curious. The inhabitants are charming, and especially the protagonist Kat! It sort of reminds me of Professor Layton in a way. I also like the narrative choice of using comic strips and navigating through panels by swiping on the screen. The game definitely makes full use of the Vita's features both in story and in gameplay! Kinda feels like the The World Ends With You of Vita in that sense.
I do think the UX is a little lacking. The UI is fine, with it being minimal and functional, such as having markers to go to your destination. But having to navigate with markers by transitioning through 2 screens is a little tedious. An enable/disable minimap could work so you can gather your bearings, similarly to what Final Fantasy 7 Remake does. Text also stops your movement until it disappears, and the choice of font gives me the impression that I'm playing a an early build, rather than a final product. It might be a nitpick but for a game that looks impressive, having a UI just pop in and out with simple text felt off. It does the job though, often handholding the player on what exactly they should do. But (if not already, I haven't checked the settings) maybe this could also be a feature that could be turned off for players that prefer to be more adventurous. Some nice points however are how Kat's hair and scarf indicate where gravity is, acting like a compass so you know when you're not on stable ground. It's also interesting to see how Kat reminds the player of the objective if she falls off the map without her gravity powers. I see it as a useful feature for people who haven't played in a while and forgot what they were last doing.
In terms of character designs, they have a nice fantastical feel to it that's memorable, kind of like the same feeling that Studio Ghibli designs give. Even Kat's companion, Dusty is memorable enough for being a literal galaxy looking cat. I give praise to Kat's design in particular for being functional in gameplay like with her hair and scarf. Music is also another strong asset of this game. Fully orchestrated and quite jumpy with its melody, it enhances the environment and situation very well. Apparently the composer, Kohei Tanaka, has also composed for anime such as One Piece and season 1 of JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure. So he's definitely a seasoned veteran!
Overall the game has been very charming, unlike any other that I've played. It gives me Mirror's Edge vibes in a tiny way because I can't find a similar game to that but this one has that traversal aspect too, so it scratches that itch. I think it's worth getting native hardware to play this, so hopefully I get to grab one someday soon!
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Day 115: Tuesday April 25, 2023 - “Babies Mamas”
This post contributed by Audrie after hosting a pool party with her baby mamas:
I am so grateful for these women. Kate and Bre. They both are saved in my phone contacts with “Stella” and “Otis” attached respectfully. We all met about 18 or so months ago at the Birth-Center-Mom-Baby group. Stella was just a little sprout and Otis had to have been closing in on 7-9 months, William in 4-6 month range, and I just latched on to the positive energy of these two.
Out of all the women, and all the children, I knew Bre and Kate could be my tribe. It wasn’t more than a few words after hearing Kate & Stellz’s dad were from the STL, that I suggested beers at the brewery and invited a friendship that went beyond Friday’s at the Babymoon.
The rest is history.  We co-encountered and co-conquer all the variations of sleep regressions, teething tenuousnesses, food introductions, and developmental milestone markers along side one another while strolling the zoo, group texting or sneaking away for mamas-only-night at the comedy club.  
Then suddenly Bre and Tom were unexpectedly expecting a second baby and Kate and I didn’t hesitate to throw a warm welcome sprinkle-shower for baby E.
These women have been my go to for mom-talk, ladies nights, and just over all steadfast rocks to recenter on and cling to when the waters became too murky and rough to navigate solo.
These two were always on standby to hoist me back up when the slippery sloping edge that is new-motherhood got too steep to navigate alone.
I love them, and their babies. And we don’t all get together as often as we all would like, or connect as much as we all wish we could to let the kids bond, and the wine and whines flow. And yet, it’s been enough to not ever forget the value of this band of new mamas and the impertinent asset of having a few good women in your corner; walking a journey not exactly right along with you but somewhere…as if on a similar trail…within the same rough square mile of foreign landscapes and wild places…. A square mile made up of rock, and wash gullies, dehydrated shrubbery, and random wondering useless cows.
These women have been a lot like fellow desert hikers: picking their way from the tattered ends of the long dirt road that goes over the grand escalate staircase, and then diverges like the Nile’s Delta into the randomly-organized maze of trails that weave and wonder their way up to the backside of Lake Powell.  
We are all out here looking for the golden goose— that amber glazed sunrise donut reflecting off the red rock and glassy still water in Reflection Canyon.  We are all seeking that piece of peace.  Whether it’s in the wild or it’s in the wildness of the child, we are all set to conquer the peace.
In preparation for the journey, someone might have given you their compass, or their recollection of the way along that similar excursion that they hiked years ago… but until you are in it yourself, and realize we are all on a journey aimed at the same destination, but true north will point in different directions in the same compass for for each mama and child — we all have a yearning for the the prize of that award winning son-rise: a happy and healthy child, a thriving and not-crying and peacefully-sleeping-not-weeping-tiny-human that is not just the product of our cell building and milk rearing, but also our decision making and pathway picking though the neural-network map of endlessly possible passages to the sweet water’s edge.
This singular journey that pushes back and dances with the banks of insanity, also brings grounding and recenter in the small moments with the mamas who cross paths, who find their tribe on this solo journey; who take shelter under the same shade tree, together to breathe, to share, to reflect and to project and then to continue on again, in our slightly different directions and at different paces —yet all arrows aimed to arrive collected again. Down the trail. We all want the waters’ edge. The peace the love the beauty of a contended child, the warmth, the joy, the gratitude reflecting back in that baby’s smile.
We collected under a shade tree again today, Bre, Kate and I. And in the cooling waters of the Finca’s back yard, our hands stayed busy, while our hearts slowed down— for at least a few fleeting moments we rested our mama-souls. Leaning into one another, affirming, praising and recollect.  
It’s never enough, and it’s also always just enough time with these women, and our babies.
Song: Mazey Haze - Back to the Start 
Quote: "What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger." ~T.S. Eliot
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Microsoft Office 2019 Standard opens up new possibilities for the users
For a long time, Microsoft Windows 8 has been one of the most stable and dependable solutions for deeper integration with online services. It is easy to sync programs and settings between devices in this manner. As of now, understanding what are the advantages of using Microsoft Office 2019 Standard might be beneficial to people. Experienced information technology specialists have compiled a list of the most essential aspects regarding the benefits of Microsoft Office 2019 shown below, which may help you make an educated decision about purchasing Office 2019. 
 If you wish to subscribe to Microsoft Word 2019, you must obtain a permanent license. You are no longer required to pay an annual subscription fee. You can use the product indefinitely. It is not cloud-based in the least. It can be used for business purposes. This package is available to entrepreneurs under Microsoft's volume licensing.
 Learning features with Microsoft Office 2019 Standard
 Many business owners are not comfortable working on a cloud-based version. As a result, this is intended to please this group of people. If you use the app on your Smartphone, you can still access some of Microsoft Word 2019 basic functions.
 What is included in the package?
 The primary components are Outlook and Word. This version's black-themed phrase has a clean and unique look. You may modify some of your sounds and use the text-to-speech functions of these apps as well. The learning features included in this Word bundle are pretty amazing.
 Microsoft Excel 2019
 Power pivot is a new feature in Microsoft Office 2019 Standard. Query upgrades, two-dimensional maps, and Tunnel charts are also included. It is feasible for users to publish their Excel work to Power BI. PowerPoint can help you manage pictures more effectively. The visuals in this current edition of PowerPoint may even be turned into three-dimensional perspectives. The innovations, such as Morph and Zoom, bring value to the newest edition of PowerPoint. It will aid you in delivering a lively presentation.
 Ink to text
 Similarly, Microsoft Office 2019 Standard is a whole new product with increased capabilities. However, OneNote 2016 is supported till 2025 as well. You can also use an older version if you have one.
 The best possibility with the one-note newer version of Office 2019 is that you cause ink-to-text support. All the handwritten documents of the archives that you have in store can be converted into typed text easily using this particular OneNote option. The data entry time is minimized. This is one of the revolutionary changes that are advantageous for so many project-driven companies. It is easy to share office documents.
 Smarter attachment option
 There is a share button located on every other application in the upper right side corner of the screen. Just at the click of a button, you can share documents. Off any departmental segregations in the organization, you can just share it with any person you want to share at once. The attachments are also smarter. The recent word documents will be evident in the display nearby. It is easy to share it at once. Searching for files and documents is easier. 
 The smarter attachment option reduces the time required for attachments. Another useful feature is the inking option. In office 2019, you may customize the tilt effect, pressure sensitivity, and ink thickness to your liking. You can use your needed favorite pencils, markers, and highlighters that roam. Any document that you have generated and shared in the workplace may be accessed entirely. This makes retrieving saved info easier. Like Office 365, this does not include a collaborative editing function but is far better than Microsoft windows 8.1
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The Ultimate Guide for Taking Full Control of Your Google Business Profile and NMX
Ready for a deep dive into 40+ common features found on Google Business Profiles (GBPs) and the New Merchant Experience (NMX)? Here we go!
You may feel daunted by the fact that GBPs are major assets you rent from rather than owning because Google has always taken a crowdsourced approach to vital information that represents your company. You may also be disgruntled right now because you had gotten used to managing your listings in the historic Google Business Profile Manager dashboard, like this:
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And now Google has ousted you from the familiar dashboard and tossed you into the chilly, unfamiliar pool of in-SERP listings management which we’re calling the New Merchant Experience and which looks like this:
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You might rightly remark that major change was the last thing you needed right now as a local business owner or marketer. But, deep down, you know you’re going to have to get the hang of this sometime, and this column is here to help you with that. After all, with estimates as high as 70% - 80% of local business leads happening right within Google’s interface, you can’t ignore GBP. Instead, you’ve got to learn to control every bit of it that you can. This article will take you through the most common features of these listings, explain what you can and can’t control on them, and teach you how to manage controllable features in the NMX.
If, after reading this cheat sheet, you find you just can’t stand the clutter of trying to manage your listings via the NMX amid the crowded organic SERPs, remember that listings management software like Moz Local still offers the niceties of a clean, organized dashboard for those who require a quieter workspace.
Core features on most Google Business Profiles and NMX interfaces
There is significant variation of Google Business Profile and NMX features based on business industry and category. For example, hotel listings have elements that aren’t included in listings for plumbers or grocery stores. Google is continually experimenting with new features while demoting others. This section will cover some of the commonest elements available to most businesses.
Before we look at our graphic and key, it will help you to know that you can access the New Merchant Experience by searching within Google’s organic SERPs for the name of your business, or the name of your business + its city, or for the phrase “my business” while logged into your Google account.
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1. See Photos
When clicked on, this takes the user to both owner and user-generated photos in a set. Photos significantly impact CTR. Photos must be monitored for spam. You can also upload videos to your photos section, but try to post more than 2 videos so that you’ll get a separate mobile video subtab. It’s also important to know that previous versions of Google’s local product offered an analytical feature called “Photo Insights” but this no longer exists in the NMX.
Controllable?
Partly — photos are both an owner and crowdsourced element.
Where to control?
By clicking on the “Add Photo” link in the listing or the NMX, you will be taken to the following wizard for uploading different types of photos.
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If you wish to view all your photos for the purpose of identifying user-uploaded spam, click on the image, itself, in the listing, rather than the “add photos” link, and you will be taken to the interface where you can both see and flag photos.
2. Maps
When clicked on, this takes the user to the Maps-based listing accompanied by map with pin. Be sure your map marker is correctly placed.
Controllable?
Partly — owner can correct misplaced map marker, but users can submit placement edits, too.
Where to control?
If your map pin is in the wrong place, click on the “Edit Profile” link in the new interface, then click the “Location” tab at the top of the “Business Information” pop-up, then click on the map.
3. See Outside
When clicked on, this takes the public to an interactive Google Street View visual of the business. When you are logged in, clicking on the feature takes you to this interface for uploading your own exterior imagery:
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Controllable?
Partly — the owner can upload their own exterior shots, but cannot control StreetView. You can flag issues.
Where to control?
Click on the “see outside” section of the Google Business Profile to upload photos.
4. Business name
This must reflect the real-world name of the business and be formatted according to Google’s guidelines. If you’re marketing a service area business like a plumbing franchise without storefronts, your name should match what appears on your website.
Controllable?
Yes — the business owner provides, though the public can suggest edits to this feature.
Where to control?
In the NMX, click the Edit Profile link and mouse over your name in this popup to edit it in the About section:
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5. Website
This link takes you to whichever page of your website you’ve designated as the Google Business Profile landing page.
Controllable?
Yes — owner provides, though the public can edit.
Where to control?
In the NMX, click the Edit Profile link and mouse over your name in this popup to edit it in the Location section:
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6. Directions
This link takes you to the maps-based driving directions from the user’s location to the place of business.
Controllable?
No. This experience is created by Google. However, see earlier advice if you need to move your map pin.
7. Save
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When a user is logged into their Google account, clicking the “Save” button brings up the above pop-up, enabling them to store the business in their favorites or other areas like places they want to go or are planning to travel to.
Controllable?
No — Businesses do not control whether customers utilize the “Save” function.
8. Call
On mobile devices, clicking the “call” button automatically triggers a phone call to the business. On desktop, it brings up this popup asking the user to pick an app with which to start the call.
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Controllable?
No — beyond ensuring that your phone number is accurate, this is not an area controlled by the business.
9. Star Rating
Google uses a simple mathematical average to calculate the overall rating of a business on the basis of all the star ratings reviewers have given the business. The star rating is considered the #1 review factor that customers use to differentiate one local business from another.
Controllable?
No — businesses cannot directly control or alter the star ratings they receive. Providing excellent customer experiences is the best way to earn the kind of reputation that results in a high Google Business Profile star rating.
10. Review Count
This is a simple count of the total number of Google-based reviews the business has received. Surveys indicate that consumers can become suspicious when any local business has either too few or too many reviews compared to its competitors. When clicked on, the review count takes the user to the main review overlay, which we will cover in full below.
Controllable?
No — the business cannot directly alter the count of its reviews, but can implement a review acquisition program to increase its total number of reviews over time.
11. Editorial Summary
This is one of the more diverse elements of the GBP. In our initial example, a common format is shown of Google taking the primary category and combining it with location information, like this, near the top of the listing:
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However, other iterations may also be considered editorial summaries, including this example which cites a third party like Wikipedia and may appear further down in the listing:
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And there is at least one other version that may appear within the reviews section of the listing, specifically cite Google as the originator of the summary, like this:
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The nomenclature for these elements is loose, and Google may well have unique internal names for all three instances.
Controllable?
Partly — in the case where the primary category is included in the summary along with location information, the business is contributing the information that yields that summary, and in the case of well-known entities that have control of a Wikipedia page, there would be some editorial control built into the source from which Google is deriving the description, but overall, it is Google who generates these summaries.
12. Further Directional Cues
This is a feature which only appears on some Google Business Profiles. In this example, the user is being given information about the walking distance to nearby major local attractions with embedded links to those venues.
Controllable?
No, but do be sure your map pin is correctly located so that Google can easily identify whether your business is located near to local attractions.
13. Address
For brick-and-mortar businesses, this line must display a genuine, physical address that complies with Google’s extensive guidelines. For service area businesses that don’t serve customers at the company’s premises, Google wants the address to be hidden, and instead of showing a street address, an “area served” section like this will typically be shown:
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Controllable?
Yes — brick-and-mortar business owners provide their address, though the public can suggest edits to it. Google has a dedicated page of instructions regarding listing and editing addresses.
Where to control?
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From the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then the “Location” tab to edit your address. This is also where the toggle is located to hide or display your address.
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For service area businesses, the place to edit your information is also located in the “Location” tab of the NMX. You can add up to 20 locations describing your service area, but its overall boundaries shouldn’t extend beyond about 2 hours of driving time.
14. Hours of operation
One of the key ways in which Google Business Profiles provide customer service is via the presence of accurate hours of operation. Be sure yours are kept up-to-date at all times, so no customer is inconvenienced by arriving at your premises to be greeted by a “closed” sign.
Controllable?
Yes — businesses add their hours, though the public can edit them. Businesses can also set special hours for holidays.
Where to control?
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From the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then the “hours” tab to edit your information. You will also find a feature there for adding further special hours:
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15. Phone
You can add a primary phone numbers and additional phone numbers to your listing. Google prefers that you use a local phone number rather than a call center helpline whenever possible, and they want your listed number to be in the direct control of your business. Your number can be either a landline or cell phone number, and it’s a best practice to be sure that whatever number you list is answered by staff who say the name of the business when they pick up. It’s not a good practice to have more than one business share the same phone number. For example, if you own both a Christmas tree farm and a woodworking studio on the same property and are listing each business separately, each business should have it’s own phone number. Premium-rate telephone numbers that charge callers high rates aren’t allowed.
Controllable? Yes — the business lists their numbers, but the public can suggest edits to them.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click “Edit Profile” and then “Contact” to see and edit your phone numbers. Related to this, the NMX also has a button labeled “Call”. When clicked on, this button will ask you if you want to enable Google’s call history feature, which you can read more about here:
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16. Further Location Information
In our example, Google is providing additional location information. Some listings will have a province or county listed in this area. Others will have a different special feature called “located in” that can appear when a business or department is contained within another entity, like the parts department inside an automotive dealership:
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Controllable?
Partly — the information about your province or county relates to the physical address you provide, but the separate “located in” feature can only be edited via Google Maps. If you wish to edit this feature, find your listing on Google Maps, click the “suggest an edit” button, and look for the “located within” area of the editor:
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17. Suggest an edit
This function is available to any member of the public who wishes to suggest an edit to the listing. For example, an individual can let Google know they think your address, or hours of operation, or phone number is wrong.
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Controllable?
No. Unfortunately, the suggest an edit feature is a cause of confusion and stress for many local business owners who have no control over whether or not members of the public suggest edits to listings. The difficulty of the scenario is summed up well by this Diamond Product Expert in Google’s help forum:
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18. Own this business?
If you see this link on a listing, you either haven’t claimed the listing in question or are not logged into the account you used to claim the listing. Claiming a listing is the terminology for verifying with Google that you are authorized to take control of the management of a listing for a specific business. If, however, you are logged in properly and have already claimed the listing, you should see this link, instead:
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Controllable?
Yes — you can claim listings you have the authority to represent and once you have claimed them, you can use the edit link to be taken to the NMX to edit your listing at any time.
19. Products
You can greatly enhance your listing by adding products to it representing key offerings in your inventory. These can be physical products, like retail goods, digital products, like software, or intangible products, like home services. You can add a price, description, buttons, and links for more information.
Controllable?
Yes — you can add products.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click “Edit Products” then click, “Add product” to be taken to the product editor.
20. Questions & Answers
Businesses are permitted to use this feature to upload questions they commonly receive and answer them. The public can also ask questions and answer the queries others have submitted. It’s important to continuously monitor this area of the GBP to be sure that questions from the public are receiving timely, authoritative answers from your brand, rather than random answers from the public which may or may not accurately reflect the business.
Controllable?
Partly — you can ask and answer questions but the public can also both ask and answer.
Where to control?
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To add and answer questions, click the “Q&A” link in the NMX and you’ll be taken to this interface where you can either ask or answer questions.
21. Reviews
Reviews and owner responses are some of the key features that turn a static local business listing into an interactive two-way medium. For deep insight into the best strategies for review management, read The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior | SEO Industry Report, but in brief, reviews are the main online seat of local business reputation, they influence local search rankings, and ratings, review text, and owner responses all have significant impacts on customer journeys. To avoid reputation damage and litigation, all review management practices must align with platform guidelines, like Google’s content guidelines, as well as the laws, like FTC guidelines, governing your country.
Controllable?
Partly — you can request reviews and respond to reviews, but you cannot control whether customers leave you reviews and you are not permitted to review your own business or incentives others to do so. Fraudulent reviews can be reported to Google in hopes of removal.
Where to control?
The NMX has several different menu items related to reviews, including “read reviews” and “ask for reviews”. Clicking on the former will take you to the entire review overlay, with “reply” functionality so that you can respond to each review or rating you receive:
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Clicking on the latter will take you to a popup that generates a handy link to your review profile, with prompts to share that link via vehicles like email, WhatsApp or Facebook:
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22. Updates (formerly known as Google Posts)
This feature is like a microblogging function located directly within your Google Business profile. It enables you to post new content to your listing on a regular business.
Controllable?
Yes, most business types (with some exceptions) can write updates.
Where to control?
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Click the “add update” link in the NMX and you’ll be shown three types of posts you can write: updates, offers, and events. The first lets you add an image, a description, and a linked button and will stay live for six months before being archived. The second includes all these fields, plus a date range setting for the period in which your offer is live, and additional informational fields to further explain the terms of your offer. The third type includes fields for information like when your event starts and ends. Some listings may also feature discontinued post types.
23. People Also Search For
This is one of those areas that makes it clear that local business rent space from Google rather than owning it. Chances are, if you owned your Google Business Profile, you wouldn’t feature your competitors on it, but this is just what Google does.
Controllable?
No — you have no control over which competitors Google shows in this section of your listing.
Additional GBP and NMX Features
Some business categories have unique Google Business Profile features or elements we haven’t yet covered. The New Merchant Experience also includes some other functions we’ve yet to explore. Let’s dive back in!
Categories
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Categories may be the most important feature that you control when it comes to the search phrases you want to rank for, and categories also determine many of the fields you’ll have in your Google Business profile. Your primary category may appear on its own near the top of your GBP, but it also may appear as part of your editorial summary. In order to see all of your categories live, you have to head over to Google Maps. There, by using a Chrome extension like GMBSpy, you can see all the categories both you and your competitors are using.
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Controllable? Yes — businesses can choose primary and secondary categories.
Where to control? Click on “Edit Profile” in the NMX and edit your categories under the “About” tab.
Attributes
This is an experimental area of GBPs to which Google is always adding so that both businesses and the public can further define the characteristics of the business. Attributes can include information about who owns the business, or amenities, such as whether a building has gender-neutral restrooms, or protocols, such as whether an appointment is required to visit a business, or layout information, such as the presence of wheelchair-accessible entrances.
Controllable? Partly — businesses can add a great many attributes by clicking the “Business Information” tab in the NMX and then going to the “More” section. However, Google also crowdsources attributes from the public.
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Description
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Local businesses can write a 750 character description of themselves.
Price Summary
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Some business listings display a pricing overview of 1-4 dollar signs.
Controllable?
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Controllable?
Unknown - Google asks reviewers to evaluate the prices they’ve paid at businesses, as seen above. There has been past debate over whether the prices published by local businesses on their digital menus influence these attributes, but Diamond Product Expert Ben Fisher has confirmed with Google that these elements stem entirely from UGC.
Menu links
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Google offers a variety of menu options for businesses. Food and drink businesses have a standard menu that can link to a page on their website or a third-party platform, and menus can be created within Google itself, including menus with photos added to them. Additionally, some businesses can create service menus in Google.
Controllable?
Yes — where relevant, businesses can create or link to menus of goods and services.
Where to control?
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With thanks to Damian Rollison, logged in owners of food and drink establishments should see edit menu links in the NMX, as shown above.
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Businesses offering a menu of services can edit them under the “Edit Services” link in the NMX, including adding custom services.
Booking
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Businesses can feature several different booking and appointment functions on their listings, powered by a provider. For example, this instance on the listing of a dental practice stems from ZocDoc:
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Controllable? Yes, relevant businesses can add booking and appointment features.
Where to control?
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With thanks to Petra Kraft for the screenshot, applicable businesses should see a booking button in the NMX, as shown above. Businesses wishing to enable booking and appointment features must follow these instructions and can learn more about the Reserve With Google system here. Also pictured here is the “Waitlists” function tied to the Reserve with Google program for managing queues of potential diners.
See what’s in store
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The See What’s In Store feature shows up on the Google Business Profiles of companies that have integrated the Pointy device into their point of sales system.
Controllable? Yes, if you are in the US, UK, CA, IE, or AU, have an appropriate point of sales system, and vend items with standard barcodes, you can apply to become part of this program.
Where to control? Google’s documentation states that, depending on how you signed up to be part of their See What’s in Store program, you will either be managing your inventory directly via Pointy or within your Google Business Profile.
Order online
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Some GBPs may feature an order online button . When clicked on, it brings up a list comprised of the brand as well as third-party services that facilitate taking digital payments in exchange for goods that can then be picked up or delivered.
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Controllable? Partly — business owners can opt into this, but there has been considerable controversy over the years about whether third-party providers in the delivery business are more of a bane or blessing to local brands, and whether or not its right for Google to promote these types of services on GBPs.
Reviews from the web
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This features a rating summary and links to relevant third-party review sources, determined by Google.
Controllable?
Partly — owners can’t dictate which 3rd parties Google chooses, but they can work to build up positive reviews on featured sources.
Profiles
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Google business profiles can feature icon-based links to major social media sites where the company has established a presence.
Controllable? No — there is no field in the NMX for adding your social media profiles, but best practice advice is to be sure they are featured on your website so that Google can easily associate them with the business.
Popular times
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This Google Business Profile information is drawn from users who have opted into Google Location History. It’s meant to help users plan visits. It’s conceivable that this could be utilized as a ranking factor.
Controllable?
No.
Chat/Messaging
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This feature enables customers to leave messages for businesses and receive responses.
Controllable? Yes — businesses can choose to opt into this.
Where to control? Google’s branding of this feature is messy. In the NMX it is labeled Messages, but when opting into the program, you will be shown a popup asking if you want to turn on “chat”, and customers will see buttons labeled “chat”. You can read more about this feature here.
Performance
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The performance tab in the NMX takes you to the analytics data historically known as Insights. This is where Google reports on how the public is interacting with your listing.
Controllable? No — apart from changing the date ranges in this interface, this is not data you can edit.
Advertise
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This link in the NMX takes you to where you can sign up to run paid advertising.
Controllable: Yes — local businesses can opt into Google Ads.
Admission
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Some attractions feature admissions information on the Google Business Profile, with price comparisons for tickets.
Controllable? Not directly, though attractions can be sure pricing information is clear on their websites. This is a controversial feature, because Google states the following:
“Tickets are ranked based on several factors, but mainly by price. Official tickets are given preference in the ranking. Ticket suppliers don’t pay Google to appear in these search results and can’t pay to influence their ranking. Prices are based on standard adult entry and may vary depending on the specific ticket types, dates or eligibility for other discounts. Displayed currencies may differ from the currencies used to purchase tickets.”
However, as can be seen in my above example of the GBP of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, the official website of the attraction is being outranked in the Admissions results by an entity that is not official and is also more expensive, contrary to Google’s statement of how this feature should work.
Experiences
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Some Google Business Profiles may included nearby experiences. This screenshot is also from the GBP of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, and is displaying other things to do in Golden Gate Park.
Controllable? No — this information is provided by Google, not the business owner.
Opening date
It has been some time since I have seen an opening date featured on a GBP, though I frequently spot them in local pack results, but businesses do have the ability to tell Google the month and year in which they were founded.
Controllable? Yes — businesses can provide this information.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then click on “Contact” to find the field for adding your founding date.
Lodging listings
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Hotel profiles are unique to the point of being almost a different style of Google listing. They feature many distinct elements including price comparison, environmental practices, availability-based booking, and other features.
Controllable?
Mostly — owners have a variety of features they can enable and manage, though Google pulls in many elements from third parties including the public.
Where to Control? Hospitality marketers should familiarize themselves with these guidelines from Google.
Summing it up
Hopefully, this guide will act as a trusty flotation device the next time you need to manage something in your Google Business Profile via the New Merchant Experience. What I’ve learned from writing it is that if you click around long enough in the NMX, you can find most things, with a few exceptions like those that have been noted by friends like Damian Rollison and the good folks over at BrightLocal and Online Ownership.
This column has covered what the main features are and where to control them, but if you’re ready to move on to making the most of each element, read the popular Beginner’s Guide to Google Business Profiles for optimization and marketing tips. If you want to understand where GBPs fit within the larger framework of local search marketing, read The Essential Local SEO Strategy Guide for nine chapters of free, expert advice. Or, if you feel you’d benefit from investing in a more guided experience, consider registering for our video-based Local SEO Certification. Google will just keep changing - that’s a guarantee! Our best strategy, then, is to embrace continuing education. With determination and knowledge, we can all swim these laps for the win!
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bfxenon · 1 year
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The Ultimate Guide for Taking Full Control of Your Google Business Profile and NMX
Ready for a deep dive into 40+ common features found on Google Business Profiles (GBPs) and the New Merchant Experience (NMX)? Here we go!
You may feel daunted by the fact that GBPs are major assets you rent from rather than owning because Google has always taken a crowdsourced approach to vital information that represents your company. You may also be disgruntled right now because you had gotten used to managing your listings in the historic Google Business Profile Manager dashboard, like this:
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And now Google has ousted you from the familiar dashboard and tossed you into the chilly, unfamiliar pool of in-SERP listings management which we’re calling the New Merchant Experience and which looks like this:
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You might rightly remark that major change was the last thing you needed right now as a local business owner or marketer. But, deep down, you know you’re going to have to get the hang of this sometime, and this column is here to help you with that. After all, with estimates as high as 70% - 80% of local business leads happening right within Google’s interface, you can’t ignore GBP. Instead, you’ve got to learn to control every bit of it that you can. This article will take you through the most common features of these listings, explain what you can and can’t control on them, and teach you how to manage controllable features in the NMX.
If, after reading this cheat sheet, you find you just can’t stand the clutter of trying to manage your listings via the NMX amid the crowded organic SERPs, remember that listings management software like Moz Local still offers the niceties of a clean, organized dashboard for those who require a quieter workspace.
Core features on most Google Business Profiles and NMX interfaces
There is significant variation of Google Business Profile and NMX features based on business industry and category. For example, hotel listings have elements that aren’t included in listings for plumbers or grocery stores. Google is continually experimenting with new features while demoting others. This section will cover some of the commonest elements available to most businesses.
Before we look at our graphic and key, it will help you to know that you can access the New Merchant Experience by searching within Google’s organic SERPs for the name of your business, or the name of your business + its city, or for the phrase “my business” while logged into your Google account.
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1. See Photos
When clicked on, this takes the user to both owner and user-generated photos in a set. Photos significantly impact CTR. Photos must be monitored for spam. You can also upload videos to your photos section, but try to post more than 2 videos so that you’ll get a separate mobile video subtab. It’s also important to know that previous versions of Google’s local product offered an analytical feature called “Photo Insights” but this no longer exists in the NMX.
Controllable?
Partly — photos are both an owner and crowdsourced element.
Where to control?
By clicking on the “Add Photo” link in the listing or the NMX, you will be taken to the following wizard for uploading different types of photos.
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If you wish to view all your photos for the purpose of identifying user-uploaded spam, click on the image, itself, in the listing, rather than the “add photos” link, and you will be taken to the interface where you can both see and flag photos.
2. Maps
When clicked on, this takes the user to the Maps-based listing accompanied by map with pin. Be sure your map marker is correctly placed.
Controllable?
Partly — owner can correct misplaced map marker, but users can submit placement edits, too.
Where to control?
If your map pin is in the wrong place, click on the “Edit Profile” link in the new interface, then click the “Location” tab at the top of the “Business Information” pop-up, then click on the map.
3. See Outside
When clicked on, this takes the public to an interactive Google Street View visual of the business. When you are logged in, clicking on the feature takes you to this interface for uploading your own exterior imagery:
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Controllable?
Partly — the owner can upload their own exterior shots, but cannot control StreetView. You can flag issues.
Where to control?
Click on the “see outside” section of the Google Business Profile to upload photos.
4. Business name
This must reflect the real-world name of the business and be formatted according to Google’s guidelines. If you’re marketing a service area business like a plumbing franchise without storefronts, your name should match what appears on your website.
Controllable?
Yes — the business owner provides, though the public can suggest edits to this feature.
Where to control?
In the NMX, click the Edit Profile link and mouse over your name in this popup to edit it in the About section:
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5. Website
This link takes you to whichever page of your website you’ve designated as the Google Business Profile landing page.
Controllable?
Yes — owner provides, though the public can edit.
Where to control?
In the NMX, click the Edit Profile link and mouse over your name in this popup to edit it in the Location section:
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6. Directions
This link takes you to the maps-based driving directions from the user’s location to the place of business.
Controllable?
No. This experience is created by Google. However, see earlier advice if you need to move your map pin.
7. Save
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When a user is logged into their Google account, clicking the “Save” button brings up the above pop-up, enabling them to store the business in their favorites or other areas like places they want to go or are planning to travel to.
Controllable?
No — Businesses do not control whether customers utilize the “Save” function.
8. Call
On mobile devices, clicking the “call” button automatically triggers a phone call to the business. On desktop, it brings up this popup asking the user to pick an app with which to start the call.
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Controllable?
No — beyond ensuring that your phone number is accurate, this is not an area controlled by the business.
9. Star Rating
Google uses a simple mathematical average to calculate the overall rating of a business on the basis of all the star ratings reviewers have given the business. The star rating is considered the #1 review factor that customers use to differentiate one local business from another.
Controllable?
No — businesses cannot directly control or alter the star ratings they receive. Providing excellent customer experiences is the best way to earn the kind of reputation that results in a high Google Business Profile star rating.
10. Review Count
This is a simple count of the total number of Google-based reviews the business has received. Surveys indicate that consumers can become suspicious when any local business has either too few or too many reviews compared to its competitors. When clicked on, the review count takes the user to the main review overlay, which we will cover in full below.
Controllable?
No — the business cannot directly alter the count of its reviews, but can implement a review acquisition program to increase its total number of reviews over time.
11. Editorial Summary
This is one of the more diverse elements of the GBP. In our initial example, a common format is shown of Google taking the primary category and combining it with location information, like this, near the top of the listing:
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However, other iterations may also be considered editorial summaries, including this example which cites a third party like Wikipedia and may appear further down in the listing:
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And there is at least one other version that may appear within the reviews section of the listing, specifically cite Google as the originator of the summary, like this:
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The nomenclature for these elements is loose, and Google may well have unique internal names for all three instances.
Controllable?
Partly — in the case where the primary category is included in the summary along with location information, the business is contributing the information that yields that summary, and in the case of well-known entities that have control of a Wikipedia page, there would be some editorial control built into the source from which Google is deriving the description, but overall, it is Google who generates these summaries.
12. Further Directional Cues
This is a feature which only appears on some Google Business Profiles. In this example, the user is being given information about the walking distance to nearby major local attractions with embedded links to those venues.
Controllable?
No, but do be sure your map pin is correctly located so that Google can easily identify whether your business is located near to local attractions.
13. Address
For brick-and-mortar businesses, this line must display a genuine, physical address that complies with Google’s extensive guidelines. For service area businesses that don’t serve customers at the company’s premises, Google wants the address to be hidden, and instead of showing a street address, an “area served” section like this will typically be shown:
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Controllable?
Yes — brick-and-mortar business owners provide their address, though the public can suggest edits to it. Google has a dedicated page of instructions regarding listing and editing addresses.
Where to control?
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From the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then the “Location” tab to edit your address. This is also where the toggle is located to hide or display your address.
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For service area businesses, the place to edit your information is also located in the “Location” tab of the NMX. You can add up to 20 locations describing your service area, but its overall boundaries shouldn’t extend beyond about 2 hours of driving time.
14. Hours of operation
One of the key ways in which Google Business Profiles provide customer service is via the presence of accurate hours of operation. Be sure yours are kept up-to-date at all times, so no customer is inconvenienced by arriving at your premises to be greeted by a “closed” sign.
Controllable?
Yes — businesses add their hours, though the public can edit them. Businesses can also set special hours for holidays.
Where to control?
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From the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then the “hours” tab to edit your information. You will also find a feature there for adding further special hours:
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15. Phone
You can add a primary phone numbers and additional phone numbers to your listing. Google prefers that you use a local phone number rather than a call center helpline whenever possible, and they want your listed number to be in the direct control of your business. Your number can be either a landline or cell phone number, and it’s a best practice to be sure that whatever number you list is answered by staff who say the name of the business when they pick up. It’s not a good practice to have more than one business share the same phone number. For example, if you own both a Christmas tree farm and a woodworking studio on the same property and are listing each business separately, each business should have it’s own phone number. Premium-rate telephone numbers that charge callers high rates aren’t allowed.
Controllable? Yes — the business lists their numbers, but the public can suggest edits to them.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click “Edit Profile” and then “Contact” to see and edit your phone numbers. Related to this, the NMX also has a button labeled “Call”. When clicked on, this button will ask you if you want to enable Google’s call history feature, which you can read more about here:
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16. Further Location Information
In our example, Google is providing additional location information. Some listings will have a province or county listed in this area. Others will have a different special feature called “located in” that can appear when a business or department is contained within another entity, like the parts department inside an automotive dealership:
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Controllable?
Partly — the information about your province or county relates to the physical address you provide, but the separate “located in” feature can only be edited via Google Maps. If you wish to edit this feature, find your listing on Google Maps, click the “suggest an edit” button, and look for the “located within” area of the editor:
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17. Suggest an edit
This function is available to any member of the public who wishes to suggest an edit to the listing. For example, an individual can let Google know they think your address, or hours of operation, or phone number is wrong.
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Controllable?
No. Unfortunately, the suggest an edit feature is a cause of confusion and stress for many local business owners who have no control over whether or not members of the public suggest edits to listings. The difficulty of the scenario is summed up well by this Diamond Product Expert in Google’s help forum:
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18. Own this business?
If you see this link on a listing, you either haven’t claimed the listing in question or are not logged into the account you used to claim the listing. Claiming a listing is the terminology for verifying with Google that you are authorized to take control of the management of a listing for a specific business. If, however, you are logged in properly and have already claimed the listing, you should see this link, instead:
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Controllable?
Yes — you can claim listings you have the authority to represent and once you have claimed them, you can use the edit link to be taken to the NMX to edit your listing at any time.
19. Products
You can greatly enhance your listing by adding products to it representing key offerings in your inventory. These can be physical products, like retail goods, digital products, like software, or intangible products, like home services. You can add a price, description, buttons, and links for more information.
Controllable?
Yes — you can add products.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click “Edit Products” then click, “Add product” to be taken to the product editor.
20. Questions & Answers
Businesses are permitted to use this feature to upload questions they commonly receive and answer them. The public can also ask questions and answer the queries others have submitted. It’s important to continuously monitor this area of the GBP to be sure that questions from the public are receiving timely, authoritative answers from your brand, rather than random answers from the public which may or may not accurately reflect the business.
Controllable?
Partly — you can ask and answer questions but the public can also both ask and answer.
Where to control?
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To add and answer questions, click the “Q&A” link in the NMX and you’ll be taken to this interface where you can either ask or answer questions.
21. Reviews
Reviews and owner responses are some of the key features that turn a static local business listing into an interactive two-way medium. For deep insight into the best strategies for review management, read The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior | SEO Industry Report, but in brief, reviews are the main online seat of local business reputation, they influence local search rankings, and ratings, review text, and owner responses all have significant impacts on customer journeys. To avoid reputation damage and litigation, all review management practices must align with platform guidelines, like Google’s content guidelines, as well as the laws, like FTC guidelines, governing your country.
Controllable?
Partly — you can request reviews and respond to reviews, but you cannot control whether customers leave you reviews and you are not permitted to review your own business or incentives others to do so. Fraudulent reviews can be reported to Google in hopes of removal.
Where to control?
The NMX has several different menu items related to reviews, including “read reviews” and “ask for reviews”. Clicking on the former will take you to the entire review overlay, with “reply” functionality so that you can respond to each review or rating you receive:
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Clicking on the latter will take you to a popup that generates a handy link to your review profile, with prompts to share that link via vehicles like email, WhatsApp or Facebook:
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22. Updates (formerly known as Google Posts)
This feature is like a microblogging function located directly within your Google Business profile. It enables you to post new content to your listing on a regular business.
Controllable?
Yes, most business types (with some exceptions) can write updates.
Where to control?
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Click the “add update” link in the NMX and you’ll be shown three types of posts you can write: updates, offers, and events. The first lets you add an image, a description, and a linked button and will stay live for six months before being archived. The second includes all these fields, plus a date range setting for the period in which your offer is live, and additional informational fields to further explain the terms of your offer. The third type includes fields for information like when your event starts and ends. Some listings may also feature discontinued post types.
23. People Also Search For
This is one of those areas that makes it clear that local business rent space from Google rather than owning it. Chances are, if you owned your Google Business Profile, you wouldn’t feature your competitors on it, but this is just what Google does.
Controllable?
No — you have no control over which competitors Google shows in this section of your listing.
Additional GBP and NMX Features
Some business categories have unique Google Business Profile features or elements we haven’t yet covered. The New Merchant Experience also includes some other functions we’ve yet to explore. Let’s dive back in!
Categories
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Categories may be the most important feature that you control when it comes to the search phrases you want to rank for, and categories also determine many of the fields you’ll have in your Google Business profile. Your primary category may appear on its own near the top of your GBP, but it also may appear as part of your editorial summary. In order to see all of your categories live, you have to head over to Google Maps. There, by using a Chrome extension like GMBSpy, you can see all the categories both you and your competitors are using.
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Controllable? Yes — businesses can choose primary and secondary categories.
Where to control? Click on “Edit Profile” in the NMX and edit your categories under the “About” tab.
Attributes
This is an experimental area of GBPs to which Google is always adding so that both businesses and the public can further define the characteristics of the business. Attributes can include information about who owns the business, or amenities, such as whether a building has gender-neutral restrooms, or protocols, such as whether an appointment is required to visit a business, or layout information, such as the presence of wheelchair-accessible entrances.
Controllable? Partly — businesses can add a great many attributes by clicking the “Business Information” tab in the NMX and then going to the “More” section. However, Google also crowdsources attributes from the public.
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Description
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Local businesses can write a 750 character description of themselves.
Price Summary
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Some business listings display a pricing overview of 1-4 dollar signs.
Controllable?
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Controllable?
Unknown - Google asks reviewers to evaluate the prices they’ve paid at businesses, as seen above. There has been past debate over whether the prices published by local businesses on their digital menus influence these attributes, but Diamond Product Expert Ben Fisher has confirmed with Google that these elements stem entirely from UGC.
Menu links
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Google offers a variety of menu options for businesses. Food and drink businesses have a standard menu that can link to a page on their website or a third-party platform, and menus can be created within Google itself, including menus with photos added to them. Additionally, some businesses can create service menus in Google.
Controllable?
Yes — where relevant, businesses can create or link to menus of goods and services.
Where to control?
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With thanks to Damian Rollison, logged in owners of food and drink establishments should see edit menu links in the NMX, as shown above.
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Businesses offering a menu of services can edit them under the “Edit Services” link in the NMX, including adding custom services.
Booking
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Businesses can feature several different booking and appointment functions on their listings, powered by a provider. For example, this instance on the listing of a dental practice stems from ZocDoc:
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Controllable? Yes, relevant businesses can add booking and appointment features.
Where to control?
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With thanks to Petra Kraft for the screenshot, applicable businesses should see a booking button in the NMX, as shown above. Businesses wishing to enable booking and appointment features must follow these instructions and can learn more about the Reserve With Google system here. Also pictured here is the “Waitlists” function tied to the Reserve with Google program for managing queues of potential diners.
See what’s in store
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The See What’s In Store feature shows up on the Google Business Profiles of companies that have integrated the Pointy device into their point of sales system.
Controllable? Yes, if you are in the US, UK, CA, IE, or AU, have an appropriate point of sales system, and vend items with standard barcodes, you can apply to become part of this program.
Where to control? Google’s documentation states that, depending on how you signed up to be part of their See What’s in Store program, you will either be managing your inventory directly via Pointy or within your Google Business Profile.
Order online
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Some GBPs may feature an order online button . When clicked on, it brings up a list comprised of the brand as well as third-party services that facilitate taking digital payments in exchange for goods that can then be picked up or delivered.
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Controllable? Partly — business owners can opt into this, but there has been considerable controversy over the years about whether third-party providers in the delivery business are more of a bane or blessing to local brands, and whether or not its right for Google to promote these types of services on GBPs.
Reviews from the web
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This features a rating summary and links to relevant third-party review sources, determined by Google.
Controllable?
Partly — owners can’t dictate which 3rd parties Google chooses, but they can work to build up positive reviews on featured sources.
Profiles
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Google business profiles can feature icon-based links to major social media sites where the company has established a presence.
Controllable? No — there is no field in the NMX for adding your social media profiles, but best practice advice is to be sure they are featured on your website so that Google can easily associate them with the business.
Popular times
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This Google Business Profile information is drawn from users who have opted into Google Location History. It’s meant to help users plan visits. It’s conceivable that this could be utilized as a ranking factor.
Controllable?
No.
Chat/Messaging
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This feature enables customers to leave messages for businesses and receive responses.
Controllable? Yes — businesses can choose to opt into this.
Where to control? Google’s branding of this feature is messy. In the NMX it is labeled Messages, but when opting into the program, you will be shown a popup asking if you want to turn on “chat”, and customers will see buttons labeled “chat”. You can read more about this feature here.
Performance
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The performance tab in the NMX takes you to the analytics data historically known as Insights. This is where Google reports on how the public is interacting with your listing.
Controllable? No — apart from changing the date ranges in this interface, this is not data you can edit.
Advertise
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This link in the NMX takes you to where you can sign up to run paid advertising.
Controllable: Yes — local businesses can opt into Google Ads.
Admission
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Some attractions feature admissions information on the Google Business Profile, with price comparisons for tickets.
Controllable? Not directly, though attractions can be sure pricing information is clear on their websites. This is a controversial feature, because Google states the following:
“Tickets are ranked based on several factors, but mainly by price. Official tickets are given preference in the ranking. Ticket suppliers don’t pay Google to appear in these search results and can’t pay to influence their ranking. Prices are based on standard adult entry and may vary depending on the specific ticket types, dates or eligibility for other discounts. Displayed currencies may differ from the currencies used to purchase tickets.”
However, as can be seen in my above example of the GBP of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, the official website of the attraction is being outranked in the Admissions results by an entity that is not official and is also more expensive, contrary to Google’s statement of how this feature should work.
Experiences
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Some Google Business Profiles may included nearby experiences. This screenshot is also from the GBP of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, and is displaying other things to do in Golden Gate Park.
Controllable? No — this information is provided by Google, not the business owner.
Opening date
It has been some time since I have seen an opening date featured on a GBP, though I frequently spot them in local pack results, but businesses do have the ability to tell Google the month and year in which they were founded.
Controllable? Yes — businesses can provide this information.
Where to control?
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In the NMX, click on “Edit Profile” and then click on “Contact” to find the field for adding your founding date.
Lodging listings
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Hotel profiles are unique to the point of being almost a different style of Google listing. They feature many distinct elements including price comparison, environmental practices, availability-based booking, and other features.
Controllable?
Mostly — owners have a variety of features they can enable and manage, though Google pulls in many elements from third parties including the public.
Where to Control? Hospitality marketers should familiarize themselves with these guidelines from Google.
Summing it up
Hopefully, this guide will act as a trusty flotation device the next time you need to manage something in your Google Business Profile via the New Merchant Experience. What I’ve learned from writing it is that if you click around long enough in the NMX, you can find most things, with a few exceptions like those that have been noted by friends like Damian Rollison and the good folks over at BrightLocal and Online Ownership.
This column has covered what the main features are and where to control them, but if you’re ready to move on to making the most of each element, read the popular Beginner’s Guide to Google Business Profiles for optimization and marketing tips. If you want to understand where GBPs fit within the larger framework of local search marketing, read The Essential Local SEO Strategy Guide for nine chapters of free, expert advice. Or, if you feel you’d benefit from investing in a more guided experience, consider registering for our video-based Local SEO Certification. Google will just keep changing - that’s a guarantee! Our best strategy, then, is to embrace continuing education. With determination and knowledge, we can all swim these laps for the win!
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The wide ranging Women’s Health Diagnostics Market report endows with an in-depth investigation of the market driving factors, opportunities, restraints, and challenges for obtaining the crucial insight of the ABC industry. Businesses are highly relying on the different segments covered in the market research report which gives better insights to drive the business into right direction. The research and analysis mainly comprises of competitive study, production information analysis, applications, and region-wise analysis, competitor landscape, consumption and revenue study, cost structure analysis, price evaluation and revenue analysis to 2028. In the finest Women’s Health Diagnostics market report, the total market is divided by company, by country, and by application or by type for the competitive landscape analysis.  . Women’s Health Diagnostics Market report consists of explicit and up to date information about the consumer’s demands, their inclinations, and their variable likings about particular product. The report is a professional, all-inclusive study on the present state of the Healthcare industry with a focus on the global market. This helps businesses map the advertising, promotion, marketing and sales strategy more profitably and also assists in taking sound and efficient decisions. Market status at the global and regional level about ABC industry is offered through credible Women’s Health Diagnostics Market report which helps to gain business insights at the extensive marketplace.
Europe Women’s Health Diagnostics Market Scope
The women’s health diagnostics market is segmented on the basis of test, application and end user. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze meagre growth segments in the industries and provide the users with a valuable market overview and market insights to help them make strategic decisions for identifying core market applications.
Application
Osteoporosis Testing
Bone Densitometry
In Vitro Blood Tests
OVC Testing
OVC Tumor Marker Tests
OVC Diagnostic Imaging Tests
Other OVC Tests
Cervical Cancer Testing
Pap Smears
HPV Testing
Breast Cancer Testing
Mammography
Tests
Biopsies
Other Breast Cancer Tests
Pregnancy and Fertility Testing
Lab-based Testing
Pregnancy Testing and Ovulation Prediction Kits
Fertility Monitors
Prenatal Genetic Screening and Carrier Testing
CF Testing
Down’s Syndrome and Edwards’ Syndrome Testing
TORCH Testing
Other Prenatal Genetic Disease Tests
Infectious Disease Testing
MRSA Testing
UTI Testing
Hepatitis Testing
Tuberculosis Testing
Other Infectious Disease Tests
STD Testing
CT/NG Testing
HIV Testing
Other STD Tests
Ultrasound Tests
Breast Imaging
OB/GYN Imaging
End-User
Hospitals and Clinics
Diagnostic and Imaging Centers
Home Care Settings
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Market Analysis and Size
According to the World Health Organization, over 470 million women live in the European Region, accounting for just over half of the total population. Understanding the demographic and epidemiological changes occurring in this diverse Region, like as ageing and migration, requires an understanding of women's health. Furthermore, the GDP of the European Union region was around USD 18.8 trillion in 2018, according to the World Bank, and health spending is the second largest item of general government spending after social security spending. Total health spending by the federal government was 9.6 percent of GDP. This will increase healthcare infrastructure and the number of clinical laboratories and diagnostic facilities in Europe, boosting the market for women's health diagnostics in the coming year.
Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the  women’s health diagnostics market which was USD 26.48 billion in 2021, would rocket up to USD 41.88 billion by 2029, and is expected to undergo a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period 2022-2029. The market report curated by the Data Bridge Market Research team includes in-depth expert analysis, patient epidemiology, pipeline analysis, pricing analysis, and regulatory framework.
Market Definition
Women's health refers to the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and diseases that may affect a woman's physical and mental well-being. Women's health includes birth control, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), gynaecology disorders, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, other female cancers, menopause, hormone therapy, osteoporosis, pregnancy and childbirth, sexual health, women and heart disease, and benign conditions affecting the function of the female reproductive organs.
Women’s Health Diagnostics Market Share Analysis
The women’s health diagnostics market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, global presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to women’s health diagnostics market.
Major players operating in the women’s health diagnostics market are:
Siemens (Germany)
Hologic, Inc. (MA)
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)
Abbott (U.S.)
BD (NJ)
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (U.S.)
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Netherlands)
NeuroLogica Corp.(U.S.A)
Shimadzu Medical (India) pvt. Ltd. (Japan)
GENERAL ELECTRIC (U.S.)
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (U.S.)
Sysmex India Pvt. Ltd. (Japan)
Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Canon Inc. (Japan)
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (U.K)
MAJOR TOC OF THE REPORT
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Market Segmentation
Chapter Three: Market Overview
Chapter Four: Executive Summary
Chapter Five: Premium Insights
Chapter Six: women's health diagnostics market
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