Why Google shows the wrong hours.
Your Google listing and your website can drift apart. Here is why it happens, and how to keep them matched.
Google gathers hours from many places.
Google says it gathers business info from different sources, like user reports and licensed content, and may update your profile when those sources say it is out of date. If someone suggests an edit and you do not review it within 4 days, Google may publish it when other public information, such as your business website, supports it.
Source: Google Business Profile Help
An old website can work against you.
If your website still shows last year’s hours, it can look like proof of the wrong answer. In one public Google Maps forum thread, a restaurant owner said Google copied hours from a delivery platform, and replies said Google trusts published sources, such as an old website.
Apple asks for the same thing from the other side: the hours on your Apple Maps place card should match the hours on your official website.
How to keep them matched.
- Fix your website first, on every page that lists hours.
- In your Business Profile, choose Edit profile, then Hours, and correct them.
- Look for details shown in blue in the profile editor. Blue means Google changed it.
- Answer suggested edits within 4 days, so they are not published without you.
- Use special hours for holidays instead of changing your regular hours.
- Match Yelp, Apple Maps and Facebook to the same hours.
Source: Google Business Profile Help
Where Yulpo helps.
Yulpo keeps the website side current, so the published source that Google and AI assistants see is right. He notices when your hours differ from page to page and asks which one is true. We do not promise rankings.
Yulpo noticed
Where wrong hours usually start.
Noticed
Sunday hours differ between the home page and the contact page.
Asked which one is right. Question for you
Noticed
Last year’s holiday hours are still on the site.
Ready to take them down. Waiting for your OK
Noticed
Your footer has no hours at all.
Added your regular hours. Waiting for your OK
Sample. Fernwood Goods is a sample business. Every change waits for your OK.
Good to know
Why does Google keep changing my business hours?
Google gathers info from different sources and may update your profile when they say it is out of date. Suggested edits you do not review within 4 days may be published if public information, like your website, supports them.
How do I fix my hours on Google?
Go to your Business Profile, choose Edit profile, then Hours. Use special hours for holidays. See Google Business Profile Help.
Does my website affect what Google shows?
It can. Google says it may publish suggested edits that are supported by public information such as your business website. Keeping the site current helps. We do not promise rankings.
What does blue text mean in my profile?
In the Business Profile editor, blue shows info changed by Google.
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