{"id":18615,"date":"2015-09-29T16:53:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=18615"},"modified":"2015-09-29T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T22:25:36","slug":"google-rolling-out-new-integrated-gmb-gmbl-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/google-rolling-out-new-integrated-gmb-gmbl-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Rolling Out New Upgraded GMB &#8211; GMBL Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18627\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18627 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/brand-page-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"brand page\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/brand-page-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/brand-page-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/brand-page.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All brand pages are now consolidated under their own tab and can be viewed in either card or list view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we speak Google is in the process of rolling out Google My Business (GMB) &amp; the Google My Bussiness Listing (GMBL bulk) interface updates with a logical\u00a0integrated hierarchy that is consistent across both products. The upgrade provides improved navigation within any section of the product via improved menus (top and left) and breadcrumbs. It is <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/google-rolling-out-new-integrated-gmb-gmbl-interface\/\">currently visible<\/a> to some users and will be visible to all over the coming week.<\/p>\n<p>As of today I do not yet have direct access to the new interface and the help files have not yet been posted.<\/p>\n<p>The interface adds modern navigational elements that create a consistency between the two dashboards and increases access to the many features regardless of the number of listings. It is arguable that these basic interface conventions should have been added quite a while ago, here&#8217;s hoping that ease of use is a prelude to additional marketing functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights of the interface upgrade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved menu along left allows for ease in contacting support and adding a manager<\/li>\n<li>List view is available to both basic GMB and GMBL whitelisted bulk users for faster navigation<\/li>\n<li>Better distinction in the menus between Location and Brand Pages<\/li>\n<li>Quicker access to deeper review &amp; insight information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is additional coverage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imprezziomarketing.com\/seo-blog\/google-my-business\/google-my-business-gmb-dashboard-gets-a-facelift\/\">Joy Hawkins &#8211; Imprezzio Marketing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.localsearchforum.com\/google-local-important\/37214-google-my-business-gmbl-update-rolling-out-now-better-nav-ui.html\">Linda Buquet &#8211; Local Search Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you seeing the new interface? If so what country are you in?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some screen shots of the new interface.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18636\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18636 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/menu-520x264.png\" alt=\"menu\" width=\"520\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/menu-520x264.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/menu-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/menu-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/menu.png 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left side menu gives quick access to every feature including adding page managers and contacting support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18617\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18617 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-Navigation-520x293.jpg\" alt=\"GMB TC Update - Navigation\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-Navigation-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-Navigation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-Navigation.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Note the top level tabs and the card view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18616\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18616 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-list-view-520x293.jpg\" alt=\"GMB TC Update - list view\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-list-view-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-list-view-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GMB-TC-Update-list-view.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The list view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18632\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/breadcrumbs-520x293.jpg\" alt=\"breadcrumbs\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/breadcrumbs-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/breadcrumbs-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/breadcrumbs.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we speak Google is in the process of rolling out Google My Business (GMB) &amp; the Google My Bussiness Listing (GMBL bulk) interface updates with a logical\u00a0integrated hierarchy that is consistent across both products. The upgrade provides improved navigation within any section of the product via improved menus (top and left) and breadcrumbs. It &#8230;<\/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-18615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18615"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18638,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18615\/revisions\/18638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}