Customize Your Places "Filter by Category" Menu

Why Update? 

To continue to provide customization and flexible menu navigation options within your Google Business Listings DXP Module, we have introduced the ability to Organize and Edit Places Categories. 

By editing the Places categories, your organization can match your existing website menu structure to the newly available Google Places content you subscribed to with our dashboard. 

For Trip Planner subscribers, the same customized categories will appear in your Trip Planner module, as shown in the example below. 

Please note: If you are a legacy client utilizing Default Categories, our team is more than happy to assist with the customization process and help transition your places to the main Filter by Category menu, providing training and support as needed. We recommend you work with our team, as there are multiple necessary steps.

How To Customize Your Places Menu

VIEW THE COMPLETE VIDEO TUTORIAL:  

OR FOLLOW THE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE: 

1. Go to Customization > Custom Categories and edit in this area:

2. Click any of the pre-defined categories on the list to allow you to choose which Google Places content you want as part of that category dropdown. 
   
   The default content is pre-populated, but you use this step to set up exactly the content you want to pull into each menu category. This gives you a starting point, automatically pulling as many places as possible into that category - based on their Google Places categorization. However, you can manually add individual places to categories of your choice as well (see step 7). 

3. When you select the Pencil icon, it will let you edit the name of the section:

4. Or create sub-categories - we have 2nd and 3rd levels available.

5. Make sure to hit SAVE to apply all customization changes!!!
   

Editing Categories of Individual Places

6. Select the Pencil icon to open the Places Details

7. Click Edit Categories 

8. Update or add this place to new categories you have created:

Create “Favorite Places” Categories

[OPTIONAL] This option continues to be available as before, and its purpose is to promote unique categories. The content assigned to these categories displays in a unique dropdown-menu, named Favorite Places. 

To create new Favorite Places categories, Go to Customization > Custom Categories and create a category to show under the menu dropdown “Favorite Places.”

Once created, head back to your database of All Places and assign business listings as desired.