{"id":21245,"date":"2017-11-14T19:10:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T23:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21245"},"modified":"2017-11-14T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T23:13:19","slug":"google-testing-verification-whitelisting-via-api-with-large-resellers-iyps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/14\/google-testing-verification-whitelisting-via-api-with-large-resellers-iyps\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Testing Verification Whitelisting via API with Large Resellers & IYPs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Long asked for but not yet made public, a number of large Adwords resellers and IYPS seemingly now have the ability to auto-verify local listings via an API.<\/p>\n

I have spoken with a number of European and North American resellers that claim to have the functionality. \u00a0Although I have not yet seen it, its existence has been confirmed from multiple sources.<\/p>\n

I do not know the processes involved, how Google vets the quality of the listings or if there are additional steps but the flow sounds expedited.<\/p>\n

Obviously for anyone doing any amount of verification work, this would be a huge time saver.<\/p>\n

And for spammers it could be a new vector. If you have details about how the product works, I would love to hear. Email me mike@blumenthals.com.<\/p>\n

And apparently when I was not looking (traveling and speaking in Spain and California) Google has started offering up additional SMB verification options and an easier sign up flow.<\/p>\n

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Long asked for but not yet made public, a number of large Adwords resellers and IYPS seemingly now have the ability to auto-verify local listings via an API. I have spoken with a number of European and North American resellers that claim to have the functionality. \u00a0Although I have not yet seen it, its existence …<\/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-21245","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