{"id":13486,"date":"2012-09-19T08:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=13486"},"modified":"2012-09-19T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:29:40","slug":"google-pages-for-local-known-bugs-quirks-after-the-g-local-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/19\/google-pages-for-local-known-bugs-quirks-after-the-g-local-merge\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ Pages For Local – Known Bugs & Quirks After the G+ Local Merge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The initial rollout allowing single location businesses to merge their G+Local page<\/a> into the fully social G+ Page for local, while very limited, has surfaced very few bugs. The rollout which occurred<\/a> on August 3rd has been smooth by Google standards for local but any time a company strives to “release early and often” there will be some.<\/p>\n

Here is the list of known bugs, assembled with the help of the top contributors<\/a> in the forum, to be on the watch out for. Most of these are non threatening but given the limited targeting of this rollout I strongly suggest that you be sure that your business is a good fit<\/a> for merge. You should be a single location b & m business with both a G+ page and a Places\/+Local Page, not be a service area business with hidden address and most importantly be sure that there are no duplicates or other issues with your existing listing.
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Problem<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nComments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After a merge, the content on the About Us page doesn’t show at all or the content is from the description in the dashboard<\/td>\nThe entry from the G+ Page magangment area is not visible<\/td>\nMB Note: Rich Text from the original G+ page doesn’t show after merge as it is likely that Rich Text is incompatible with other Mapping products. Google is apparently working on a solution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The content on the About us page shows HTML<\/td>\nAfter rich text content has been approved\/stripped for showing on the merged About us page, various HTML code shows to the public<\/td>\nMB Note: This problem may have been solved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owner of Newly Merged Page Unable to respond to reviews.Reference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nIf the Business page and the Places dashboard are claimed under different emails then the new page owner is unable to respond to reviews<\/td>\nGoogler Jade:@AutoRevo, I think that happened because your email address in Google Places for Business was different than the Google+ email address you are using now to manage your listing. This is known, probably won’t get resolved. Reposting the responses is the bes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Page in local business\/place category disappearing after local verification.Reference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nAfter PIN verification “some” of the social Google+ Business Pages are returning a 404 Not Found although the Google+ Local Page will still be visible. The owner\/manager can no longer see the Google+ Business Page through the Google+ Page management area<\/td>\nGoogler Jade: We’re investigating your reports that some Google+ pages in the local business\/place category are deleted after going through the PIN verification process. Thanks for bringing it to our attention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500 Error when trying to verify social local Google+ page.Reference <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n500 Error when attempting to enter the PIN for verification<\/td>\nTC Kaleh: Seeing reports of users getting 500 errors when attempting to verify their social local Google+ page. The team’s aware and working on it. I’ll post back on this thread with updates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500 Error when trying to manage verified page from within Google+. Reference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nFrom within Google+ some users of verified pages are getting 500 errors when they are in the “Pages” area of their Google+ profile and click on “Switch to this page”<\/td>\nTC Kaleh: Edit on August 17: Now I am also seeing reports of users getting 500 errors when trying to manage their verified page. Similar, but different issue — team’s looking into that one, too!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some verified pages are not displaying the map.Reference 1<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 2<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 3<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nThe lack of a Map on the merged page is a symptom of a merge gone wrong or only partially \u201ctaking\u201d. It appears related to the fact that a duplicate listing exists in the index. It sometimes manifests itself with a missing URL and\/or one of the 500 Errors MB Noted above<\/td>\nTC Kaleh: No confirmation that they recognize this as an issueMB Note: Reporting the duplicate listing and affecting the merge will likely resolve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Only 1 or 2 Categories Display on Local Page.Reference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nThe dropdown menu on the merged & G+ local page no long shows the additional categories.<\/td>\nMB Note: It is not clear whether this is a bug or a feature. Given that Google has barely acknowledged and has done nothing this is likely to be the new normal. If you need to know categories of a listing visit the MapMaker record.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some verified Pages not showing URLs<\/td>\nThis seems to occur when the merge occurs with a duplicate listing instead of the primary one<\/td>\nMB Note: Reporting the duplicate listing affecting the merge will likely resolve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If you have any doubts here are three articles to read before your merge:<\/p>\n

Google+ Business Pages: To Merge Or Not to Merge, That is the Question<\/a><\/p>\n

Step by Step Guide to the Google+ Business\/Local Merge Verification Process<\/a><\/p>\n

Syncing Your Google Plus and +Local Pages: Plusses and Minuses<\/a><\/p>\n

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* Note: The image above is an Asian Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus indicus). Why a photo of a Giant Water Bug? Glad you asked. My daughter is studying in Viet Nam and has been trying a range of Vietnamese food. Last night she reported having tried\u00a0B\u00e1nh cuon<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/a>(literally “rolled cake”). This delicate roll made with \u00a0fermented rice batter occasionally also includes\u00a0a drop of\u00a0c\u00e0 cuong<\/a><\/em>, which is the essence of a\u00a0giant water bug<\/a>,\u00a0Lethocerus indicus<\/a>. <\/em>Apparently the amount of this insect pheromone\u00a0on the tip of a toothpick is enough to flavor a whole pot of soup. How cool is that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The initial rollout allowing single location businesses to merge their G+Local page into the fully social G+ Page for local, while very limited, has surfaced very few bugs. The rollout which occurred on August 3rd has been smooth by Google standards for local but any time a company strives to “release early and often” there …<\/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-13486","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