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Reviews

When Google stops showing a review, your reviews page now says so, keeps it out of your totals and your reply queue, and explains why a reply cannot be posted. Alert links open the review they name, and posting over an existing reply asks you first.

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New Billing

Starter Free Trial Now 14 Days

New customers now get 14 days on the Starter plan before the first charge, up from 7. That is two full weeks to connect a profile, watch the health score and rankings settle, and see a complete week of your own performance data side by side with the week before.

  • Improved The Starter free trial runs 14 days instead of 7, so you see two full weeks of your profile data before the first charge
  • Improved Your card is collected at checkout and not charged until the trial ends; cancel at any time during the trial and pay nothing
  • Improved Pricing, plans, the Terms of Service and the help centre all state the new length; Pro and Agency are unchanged and billed at signup
Reviews

Review Replies in Your Own Words

Suggested review replies now read the way an owner writes: in the reviewer's language, in plain words, and using only the phone number and website on your profile. Digest emails arrive at your chosen hour in your own timezone, and weekly summaries go out on the day you picked.

  • Improved Suggested replies are written in the reviewer's language, in plain words, with no invented names, offers or contact details
  • Improved A suggested reply names only the phone number and website on your profile
  • Fixed Daily digests arrive at your chosen hour in your own timezone
  • Fixed Weekly summaries go out on the day you picked, not only on Mondays
  • Improved A reply longer than Google accepts is flagged before you post it
Reviews

Reviews Google No Longer Shows

When Google stops showing a review, your reviews page now says so, keeps it out of your totals and your reply queue, and explains why a reply cannot be posted. Alert links open the review they name, and posting over an existing reply asks you first.

  • Improved Reviews Google no longer shows are marked and kept out of your totals, response rate and reply queue, with a filter to find them
  • Improved A reply Google refuses tells you what Google did instead of asking you to try again
  • New Each response shows when it was posted to Google or why Google declined it
  • Improved Posting over a reply that already exists on Google asks you first
  • Fixed Review alert links open the review they name

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Marketing

Industry Guides and a Rebuilt Free Audit Page

New guides for dentists, plumbers, roofers and HVAC contractors, plus a Google Business Profile Manager guide. The free audit page now explains what an audit is, how to read the score and what to fix first.

  • New Guides for dentists, plumbers, roofers and HVAC contractors, plus a Google Business Profile Manager guide Browse the guides
  • Improved The free audit page explains what an audit is, how to read the score and what to fix first Try the free audit
  • Improved The GBP management guide was expanded
Analytics

Search Terms and Fuller Performance Data

See the search terms Google reports for your profile on the keywords screen, the PDF report and the CSV export. More of the performance data Google publishes is collected, and the accounts page tells you when Google is not providing performance data for a profile.

  • New The search terms Google reports for your profile, on the keywords screen, the PDF report and the CSV export
  • Improved More of the performance data Google publishes is collected
  • Improved Per-post insights were retired, since Google no longer provides them
  • New The accounts page tells you when Google is not providing performance data for a profile
Billing

Receipts, Trial Notices and Cancellation Confirmations

Payment receipts arrive reliably and show your invoice number, starting a trial sends a clear email about what follows, and cancellations are confirmed by email.

  • Fixed Payment receipts arrive reliably and show your invoice number
  • New Starting a trial sends an email with the end date and what follows it
  • Improved Cancellations are confirmed by email, including when access ends
Marketing

Article Improvements

Articles are easier to scan and act on, new subscribers receive a short welcome series, and article review dates are accurate.

  • Improved Articles are easier to scan and act on
  • New New subscribers receive a short welcome series
  • Improved Article review dates are accurate
Marketing

A Site That Fits Every Screen

Pages across the site now adapt to tablet widths, larger text settings and zoom, the audit and certification reference pages were refreshed, and a new GBP management guide is available.

  • Improved Pages adapt to tablet widths, larger text settings and zoom
  • Improved The audit methodology, audit checklist and certification pages were refreshed
  • New A GBP management guide Read the guide
Platform

A Cleaner Accounts Page

The accounts page was rebuilt with clearer status for each profile, and business profile photos display correctly on account cards.

  • Fixed Business profile photos display correctly on account cards
  • Improved The accounts page was rebuilt with clearer status and a Reconnect action where a profile needs it
Platform

AI Tools for Team Members

Team members with full permissions can now use the AI tools on shared accounts, and website audits complete reliably on more sites.

  • New Team members with full permissions can use the AI tools on shared accounts
  • Fixed Website audits complete reliably on more sites
  • Improved Ongoing investment in customer safeguards and platform trust behind the scenes
Platform

Dependable Audit Report Downloads

Audit report download links delivered by email now work dependably in every mail environment and stay valid for a full 48 hours. If a link does expire, the report page says so plainly instead of failing silently.

  • Fixed Audit report download links from email work dependably in every mail environment and stay valid for a full 48 hours
  • Improved If a download link has expired, the report page explains it clearly instead of failing without a message
  • Improved Ongoing investment in customer safeguards and platform trust behind the scenes
Billing

Clearer Trials and Accurate Account Status

Trial now means exactly one thing: a Starter free trial in progress, started with payment details at checkout. Your billing page shows when a running trial ends and what the first charge will be, and account status reflects reality at every step.

  • Improved Trial status now means exactly one thing: a Starter free trial in progress, started by choosing the Starter plan at checkout
  • Improved The billing page shows when a running trial ends and what the first charge will be, so there are never surprises
  • Improved Account status reflects reality from registration through subscription, on every page that shows it
  • Improved Plan changes and cancellations are checked end to end, so your subscription always matches what you chose and paid for

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