{"id":2282,"date":"2009-01-30T16:48:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2009-03-06T10:47:45","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T14:47:45","slug":"confessions-of-a-google-enabler-in-search-of-coupons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/30\/confessions-of-a-google-enabler-in-search-of-coupons\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Google Enabler: In search of Coupons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each morning when I rise, I check the RSS feed from the Google Maps Support Forums. I try to answer a few questions from wayward business folks that have no place else to turn. I often feel that in doing so, I am removing from Google the very real burden of providing actual support.<\/p>\n

Here is this morning’s helpful response that I gave<\/a> to a naive business person thinking the Google Coupons might someday be used by a potential customer:<\/p>\n

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\nQuestion:
\nI added a coupon for our various locations yesterday.\u00a0 The admin center says the coupon is active, but I don’t see the coupon anywhere online?\u00a0 Where do customers see the coupon?
\nThank you.
\n****
\nMy answer:
\nCoupon location is one of the best kept secrets of Google Maps. Even Maps Guide Jen has been known to have trouble locating them. The only entity totally capable of finding them after they have been posted is the GoogleBot. Occassionally they are spotted by humans but only after you have drilled into Maps quite deeply.<\/p>\n

-In “Text View” there is a link under the business and there is a tab in the stack detailed view
\n-In “Map View” select “more info” and then it will show in a tab.
\n-Links or any other indication of their existence are not visible from the main Google search results page.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My presumption is that Google is attempting to leave a historical record of life on the planet for distant future archeologists to ponder but that they did not intend for Google Coupons to be used in any manner to which you as a business person or consumer are traditionally accustomed.<\/p>\n

Mike B\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each morning when I rise, I check the RSS feed from the Google Maps Support Forums. I try to answer a few questions from wayward business folks that have no place else to turn. I often feel that in doing so, I am removing from Google the very real burden of providing actual support. Here …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-coupons","category-google-maps-google-local"],"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