{"id":10426,"date":"2011-07-01T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/01\/google-to-have-business-profile-pages\/"},"modified":"2012-08-11T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:08:14","slug":"google-to-have-business-profile-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/01\/google-to-have-business-profile-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ To Have Business Profile Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Huber, Google VP of Local and Commerce<\/a>, has indicated that Google+, at some point in the near future will include the option for business profile page. Here is his comment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

And pre-emptively answering a question — yes, we will have (smb) business profile pages on Google+. I can’t announce a launch date yet, but we want to make them *great*, and we’re coding as fast as we can.<\/em><\/p>\n

He has additionally indicated that he will be using Google+ as his primary voice (not Twitter) and that, if we let him know, he will make invites available for the Google+ field trial to anyone that needs one.<\/p>\n

I am not sure what I think about the idea of having a second SMB profile in addition to an already claimed Places page (it is early, I am on vacation and typing on a bad cell signal on my iPhone but wanted to get this out).<\/p>\n

Obviously a large number of small businesses have yet to figure out Places and the idea of a second “Places” is somewhat daunting unless it is well integrated into the existing processes. In the end, I suppose that it comes down to the benefits that an SMB would derive as to whether it will be worth it. It is certainly an interesting idea.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, Jeff putting up with my tweaks and providing this information, demonstrates the possibility of a coming transparency from the folks at Google Local (hooray!!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeff Huber, Google VP of Local and Commerce, has indicated that Google+, at some point in the near future will include the option for business profile page. Here is his comment: And pre-emptively answering a question — yes, we will have (smb) business profile pages on Google+. I can’t announce a launch date yet, but …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t