{"id":15560,"date":"2013-09-16T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=15560"},"modified":"2013-12-04T21:13:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T01:13:52","slug":"new-google-places-for-business-accounts-can-now-be-transferred-to-a-new-owner-via-g-page-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/new-google-places-for-business-accounts-can-now-be-transferred-to-a-new-owner-via-g-page-management\/","title":{"rendered":"New Google Places For Business Listings Can Now Be Transferred to a New Owner via G+ Page Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: 12:30<\/strong>: I have changed the title of the article from saying “Account” to “Listings” as what is being transferred is the G+ Page ownership NOT the account.<\/p>\n

I learned the hard way<\/a> this past week that a business listing in the new Google Places for Business Dashboard that has been upgraded to social functionality, is intimately tied to that social presence. Delete the social page and you delete the business listing forcing you to reclaim the listing. The upshot of this is once you go social you can’t go back. At least not without some aggravation.<\/p>\n

Dan Pritchett, who plays a significant role in the dashboard development at Google,\u00a0said<\/a> this:<\/p>\n

To be clear, with the new dashboard the G+ page and the listing are tightly associated. Every G+ Local page is backed by a listing and once you get a G+ Local page, your places listing is tied to it. Removing one always removes the other.<\/em><\/div>\n

But like all Google “features” there is a flipside to this. Since the business listing is intimately associated with the social G+ page it’s ownership can now be transferred via the G+ Page ownership transfer option. This seems like a simple function and so self evident that one might ask why I am even writing about it. Despite the obvious nature of the feature, it has has never before been possible.<\/p>\n

Again according to Dan who responded<\/a> in the same G+ post:<\/p>\n

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Okay, just clarified, that once you have a G+ page, transferring ownership of the Local page also transfers ownership of the listing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Obviously the steps necessary to being able to transfer a listing that is not yet social are probably more cumbersome than just deleting the listing from your account (again with not without some scary verbiage<\/a>). But if the listing is already social then the process<\/a> is relatively straight forward via the G+ interface. Here are the instructions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong>\u00a0of 3\u00a0Make sure you’re\u00a0using Google+ as your page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0of 3\u00a0Click\u00a0Managers<\/strong>\u00a0associated with the page you’d like to transfer.<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0of 3\u00a0Click the dropdown arrow\u00a0on the card of the person and select\u00a0Transfer ownership to _name of user_<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

OK class. To summarize where and when one can transfer ownership of a listing. There may be a pop quiz later in the week.<\/p>\n