{"id":20226,"date":"2017-02-01T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=20226"},"modified":"2017-02-01T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:26:38","slug":"google-starting-to-support-temporary-business-closings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/google-starting-to-support-temporary-business-closings\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Starting to Support Temporary Business Closings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20228\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Temporary-closed-KP-header-192x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Temporary-closed-KP-header-192x200.png 192w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Temporary-closed-KP-header.png 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/>Apparently, Google is now <a href=\"https:\/\/productforums.google.com\/forum\/#!category-topic\/maps\/yldxR3U4VQI\">partially supporting<\/a> temporary business closures with a process and an appropriate messaging on the business\u00a0Knowledge Panel.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there is no public facing interface for this and the only way to get this done is to create a post in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.en.advertisercommunity.com\/t5\/Google-My-Business\/ct-p\/GMB\">Google My Business Forum<\/a> with full business details and then get a top contributor to escalate the problem.<\/p>\n<p>It requires that the\u00a0business be closed for\u00a0\u00a0more than 2 weeks and that their website clearly supports the closure. \u00a0Note that the change is only currently visible in the Knowledge Panel but that\u00a0in Maps the\u00a0business\u00a0will still be shown as permanently closed. \u00a0Here is a location <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=tobbys+walk+buddy&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">showing<\/a> that status:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20227\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-7.24.36-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20227 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot-2017-02-01-13.46.51.png\" width=\"409\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot-2017-02-01-13.46.51.png 409w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot-2017-02-01-13.46.51-122x200.png 122w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot-2017-02-01-13.46.51-366x600.png 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view the listing in the context of a desktop search<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, Google is now partially supporting temporary business closures with a process and an appropriate messaging on the business\u00a0Knowledge Panel. 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