{"id":14145,"date":"2013-01-19T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T15:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=14145"},"modified":"2013-01-19T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T15:38:03","slug":"google-local-improved-messaging-on-moved-businesses-now-showing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/19\/google-local-improved-messaging-on-moved-businesses-now-showing\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Local: Improved Messaging on Moved Businesses Now Showing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting in December Google started rolling<\/a> out\u00a0improved instructions & listing messaging<\/a>\u00a0on pages for businesses that Google knew had moved locations. Instead of stating that the business was closed Google will, if proper procedure is followed, indicate that a business has relocated. This new messaging is starting to appear<\/a> in the wild. While still not perfect and the moving process is still too complicated, it is an improvement.<\/p>\n

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Here are the instructions<\/a> to mark a place as moved:<\/p>\n

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Google has noted that the improved messaging will only appear for pages that Google knows represent businesses that have moved. Business owners can indicate that a page is an old location and where the new one is by:<\/div>\n
– click\u00a0Edit business details<\/b><\/div>\n
– select “Place is permanently closed”<\/div>\n
– fill in the new address in the text box<\/div>\n
– This is outlined in this\u00a0Help Center article<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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Starting in December Google started rolling out\u00a0improved instructions & listing messaging\u00a0on pages for businesses that Google knew had moved locations. Instead of stating that the business was closed Google will, if proper procedure is followed, indicate that a business has relocated. This new messaging is starting to appear in the wild. While still not perfect …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"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