Google recently introduced a new feature for Google My Business called Posts. However, it appears that this feature is not yet available to all businesses.
In their announcement, Google suggested that Posts would be rolling out worldwide to all businesses with a verified GMB listing.
Marissa Nordahl, Community Manager for Google My Business, has confirmed that Posts has not been launched for all business categories.
Nordahl clarified that local posts are currently not available to businesses in the “Hotels” category. There may also be other categories that were not included in the initial launch.
Here is Nordahl’s full statement:
“Thanks for all of the excitement around this launch – we’re equally excited and definitely want to get you posting! If you’re not seeing the Posts section on your business page, it might be because we haven’t launched to all business categories. ‘Hotels’ is the category where local posts are not available (yet).”
If you’re unable to publish local posts from Google My Business, you can request access by submitting your Google Maps URL through the provided form.
While access is not guaranteed after submitting the form, Nordahl mentioned that Google would do its best to help out. Expect a response within 2-3 business days after submission.
