

And they can customize the information that appears in the “Good to Know” section of their listing, which includes helpful info like whether a place is “good for kids,” has “free Wi-Fi,” offers “free delivery,” is “wheelchair accessible,” and the like.
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For the first time, they can also update the business’s category and even add subcategories to help Maps users find their business when searching.
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However, the new system will allow business owners to now augment their listings with the important details they may lack, resulting in richer, more detailed and more up-to-date listings.Īfter going through a verification process, business owners will be able to update their business place card with basic information like the business hours, phone numbers, address and more, including an “about” page, as well as with their business logo and photos. Customers will be able to see Yelp photos and reviews in the business place cards and will be able to choose Yelp as their provider for things like placing an order or viewing a restaurant’s menu, for example. For comparison, Google has allowed business owners to manage their listings since 2005 - though its product, now called Google Business Profiles, has gone through numerous name changes since then.Īpple says it won’t remove its integrations with Yelp as Apple Business Connect launches. And it leveraged third-party data from partners like Foursquare, Yelp and Tripadvisor, to provide users with other business information, ratings and reviews. Although first launched in 2012, the mapping platform for years had relied on a simplified system, Apple Business Register, to update Maps listings with corrected information. The service is a long time coming for Apple Maps. To do so, the company is launching a new web portal called Apple Business Connect, which lets businesses manage their presence across Apple’s 1.5 billion devices from a single dashboard.

Apple Maps today is gaining a new tool that will allow the decade-plus-old service to better compete with Google: It will now allow business owners to update and manage their own information on the platform, including key details like business hours and location, photos, logos, special offers and promotions, and more.
