{"id":18516,"date":"2015-09-16T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=18516"},"modified":"2015-09-16T12:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T16:38:15","slug":"is-google-testing-consolidating-my-business-adwords-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/16\/is-google-testing-consolidating-my-business-adwords-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Rolling Out Consolidated Interface for My Business & AdWords Access?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Hendison of Search Commander<\/a> in Portland, reported<\/a> some strange goings on with Google My Business today for clients that were using location extensions in Adwords – a consolidated interface using the current bulk upload interface that presented both the local listing and the AdWords account.<\/p>\n

From Scott’s post<\/a>: TWO of three clients that I’ve spoken with today got redirected here after logging into Google.com\/mybusiness – Apparently it’s called “Google Business Accounts for location extensions.”<\/em><\/p>\n

When he was asked if the user had inadvertently gone to the Bulk interface he noted: “That’s what I thought too for the first one, but an hour later, another guy was automatically redirected while we were on the phone together. Also, each of them have that “business account” that uses their Google Adwords ID as the name – you can see that in the photo – really weird…<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

I have no idea exactly what is happening but it makes perfect sense for Google to start consolidating their local interfaces between Google My Business, Bulk and Adwords for local businesses (ie those that use location extensions) into a single unified interface.<\/p>\n

Given Google’s propensity for testing this seems more likely a test than a brain fart on their part. Have you seen this?<\/p>\n

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In reading the help file<\/a> that Scott referenced it appears that this is in fact rolling out. In the help article called\u00a0Business Accounts for location extensions<\/strong>\u00a0they noted that\u00a0<\/strong>Google My Business Locations is now the source for business information used in AdWords location extensions.<\/em><\/p>\n

They go on to note:<\/p>\n

Locations in business accounts and in accounts that haven\u2019t been verified are not currently visible in the\u00a0Google My Business dashboard\u00a0on Google+. Therefore,\u00a0Google My Business Locations<\/a>\u00a0is the recommended tool for managing locations used in AdWords.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For fewer than 10 locations of the same business or a service area business, we appreciate your patience; we\u2019ll have a solution ready for you soon.\u00a0For now, please contact us.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Scott Hendison of Search Commander in Portland, reported some strange goings on with Google My Business today for clients that were using location extensions in Adwords – a consolidated interface using the current bulk upload interface that presented both the local listing and the AdWords account. From Scott’s post: TWO of three clients that I’ve …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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