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How does Google know if a restaurant is busy?
To determine popular times, wait times, and visit duration, Google uses aggregated and anonymized data from users who have opted in to Google Location History. Popular times, wait times, and visit duration are shown for your business if it gets enough visits from these users.
How does Google know busy hours?
To try out this feature, open Google Maps on your phone and search for the place you are heading to and scroll down past the description and phone number. You will find the ‘Popular times’ option, which will show you a chart of how busy that place is throughout the day.
How does Google know a place is closed?
Google has released a new feature for Google Maps that will tell drivers if their destination will close before their estimated arrival time, the company announced earlier this week. Essentially, if the hours show up on Google’s search page when you search for the location, then Maps can announce when it’s closing.
How accurate is Google popular times?
Because Google said their charts use data from the “last several weeks”, we used 8 weeks of Placemeter data (June 26 to August 22) to make the comparison valid. All of the Placemeter data used in this study has a proven accuracy of at least 80\%.
What does closed mean on Google?
temporarily closed
Your business is reported as closed If Google receives an update that a location is temporarily closed, you may get an email notification. Tip: If any of your businesses are mistakenly marked permanently closed, you can reopen the location.
How do I change Google hours to temporarily closed?
Google My Business: Temporarily Closed
- Sign in to Google My Business on desktop.
- In the menu on the left, click Info.
- To the right, point to the section “Close this business on Google.”
- Expand this section and click click “Mark as temporarily closed.”
How busy is my business on Google?
Look for the “Popular times” chart in the panel—you may need to scroll down to see it. Look for a “Live” time that tells you how busy a business is right now. You can also click the name of the weekday and select another day of the week to check when the location is usually the busiest.