{"id":14357,"date":"2013-02-12T09:51:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=14357"},"modified":"2013-02-12T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:51:32","slug":"an-easier-mapmaker-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/an-easier-mapmaker-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"An Easier MapMaker Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent comment<\/a> Jeffrey Manger<\/a> noted that “FYI the Mapmaker interface totally blows. What a confusing, ineffective, waste of my time. Maybe there is written instructions in a booklet somewhere on how to actually use this thing.”
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\nI totally agree that the standard MapMaker interface is a total kludge. Only the most persistent and geeky can find their way around there. But there is a new, simplified MapMaker interface being rolled out in Canada that makes editing directly into MapMaker much easier.<\/p>\n

You can see this interface by finding the G+Local page for any Canadian business and selecting the \u201cReport a problem<\/a>\u201d link. It will take you to the simplified MapMaker front end with this new interface. The URL \u00a0contains a ton of unnecessary code.<\/p>\n

To use this interface to edit a US business take a simplified version of the url:
\nhttp:\/\/www.google.com\/mapmaker?ui_type=pc&cid=3291747407840809159&src=1<\/p>\n

and substitue the CID of your local business for the CID above and you will gain access to an interface that is functional and simple enough for us marketers. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent comment Jeffrey Manger noted that “FYI the Mapmaker interface totally blows. What a confusing, ineffective, waste of my time. Maybe there is written instructions in a booklet somewhere on how to actually use this thing.” I totally agree that the standard MapMaker interface is a total kludge. Only the most persistent and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-mapmaker"],"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