Google My Business page no longer appearing with search results

[LMcLaughlin]

Title pretty much says it all--my company's local Google+ page has always appeared under our listed website information up until very recently. I'm also noticing the same with our competitors. Has anyone else just began to experience this? Our NAP, map, photos, and review are still displayed to the right of the results, but nothing is linked to the actual Google page itself. Am I missing something?

Thanks!

[CFCU]

Hi Lauren,

Have you still got a link to your google+ profile in the header of your site? e.g (href="https://plus.google.com/106215912994175247015" rel="publisher" />)

Cheers

Dave

[Marcus_Miller]

Hi Lauren,

I think I know what the issue is. When I search for 'Exchange Capital Management' in Google, it still shows the knowledge panel on the right-hand side that displays the business information which  is pulled from the Google+ page. The only thing that appears different is the Google+ link is missing from beneath the first link in the search results.

This is a new update that was released by Google which strips away the link for the Google+ page. A Local SEO expert called Joy Hawkins tweeted about the update, which you will see attatched.

I hope this answers your question

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[MiriamEllis]

Hi Lauren,

Google+ links have pretty much disappeared across the board. Here's a good link to get you started on learning about the big shakeup Local started experiencing in August:

http://www.localsearchforum.com/google-local-important/9397-major-update-missing-links-google-local-pages-new-review-windows.html

Hope this helps!

[LMcLaughlin]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! All very helpful and appreciated.