Google My Business Rolling Out Attributes to Single Listings

In May Google added the ability to add yes/no attributes via API in September allowed API users to add non binary attributes like menu links. . Joy Hawkins first reported the ability to add attributes to single listings yesterday.

It is interesting that

• Attributes are not available to all business types (lawyers and doctors do yet show them, while restaurant and bricks and mortar do).
• So far it only allows for binary attributes; ie yes or no but doesn’t allow for things like menu links which are allowed via the API. One presumes that is coming.
• Each business type has a limited preselected set of attributes from which to choose that sometimes is not really expansive enough. For example restaurants are not asked if they provide free wifi.

Here are screen shots of some of the attributes available:

Bricks and Mortar Retail Attributes

Restaurant Attributes

 

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