{"id":14015,"date":"2012-12-19T19:41:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T23:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=14015"},"modified":"2013-10-03T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:14:55","slug":"service-area-business-with-a-verified-social-local-google-page-delete-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/19\/service-area-business-with-a-verified-social-local-google-page-delete-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Area Business with a verified social local Google+ page? Delete It"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE<\/strong>: The article is outdated.<\/p>\n

Update 10\/3\/2013<\/strong>: The relationship between the social page and the new dashboard is different and Google’s rules about how they handle businesses with hidden addresses are different.<\/p>\n

If the social + page is associated with a new dashboard listing, deleting the social page will delete the listing.<\/p>\n

If you have a listing that was at one time suspended for not hiding the address then you need to call Google support and have them deal with it.<\/p>\n

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From the rollout of the G+ Local Social merge<\/a> and bugs showing up when service area businesses attempted to hide their address, Google has said<\/a> that service area businesses (SABs) should NOT merge their Places listing <\/a>with their G+ social page. Well, some SABs did not get<\/a> the message (big surprise eh?) and the question is what should they do now. The answer: Delete the Merged page and rely solely on the dashboard to manage the listing.<\/p>\n

Google posted<\/a> this sticky in the forums:<\/p>\n

Are you a Service Area Business (SAB) that has created and verified\/merged a social local Google+ page for your business? Read on!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you do not accept customers at your location, then your address should be hidden. At this time, Google+ currently does not support hidden addresses. You should delete your social local Google+ page from within Google+ (Click on\u00a0Pages\u00a0on the ribbon on the left, go to the\u00a0Settings\u00a0of your page, and scroll to the bottom and click\u00a0Delete page).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry! You can still manage your business\u2019 presence on Google. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n