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Let Google Show Users Your Special December Hours

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It’s that time of year again. You want to showcase the hours you’re open over the holidays while making sure you get the time to celebrate with your own loved ones. Providing special hours in you Google My Business (GMB) profile does this for people using Google to find this info. Also, you can do this on your smartphone on the fly. Go to your favorite local coffee shop, sip and sit for 5 minutes, and your special hours are set up.

There are a few ways to go about this. An easy one is to log into your GMB -> Overview -> Profile -> Clock/Calendar Icon

Google My Business Overview from a smartphone

Google My Business Overview from a smartphone

Edit Special hours (for restaurants and other locations who are open for lunch, then back open for dinner, you can note this in here by clicking the ADD HOURS button)

Edit Special Hours

Edit Special Hours

A nice thing about this is after you set it up, it automatically goes away after your dates of special hours. No follow up needed!

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Setting your Google My Business Hours for Thanksgiving

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Fast, easy, painless, and it literally takes 5 minutes or less. It’s surprising how many local businesses do not take the time to change their Thanksgiving hours of operation in Google, but understandable. Many may just not realize how easy it is, or maybe don’t do it because they don’t want to have to remember to set the hours back after the holiday. Straight from Google,

Set special hours

For days when your business has an irregular schedule, like holidays or special events, you can enter special hours in advance. If you schedule special hours, your regular hours remain in place for all other days.

They make it really easy to let you know and guide you as well. Here’s an email I recently received.

Holiday Hours

Click “Go to my holiday hours” (or go to your Google My Business account), follow a few easy steps including the ones below to confirm and you’re done.

Closed HoursAdd Hours The best part, the hours automatically revert back to normal after Thanksgiving. No worrying about remembering to set the hours back.

Questions? Ask away! We’re more than happy to help.