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Google will soon let businesses add additional descriptors to their listings that appear in Google Search and Maps results to better help potential customers understand what online services they offer. The company is adding these new descriptors and announcing a number of other features today to help businesses better surface important information for customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The descriptors, which Google calls “attributes,” are short notes that show up under other business information on a listing. You might have seen these before; a restaurant might have an attribute noting that it offers takeout, for example.

The new attributes will let a business say what online services they have. That means a yoga studio offering…

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