{"id":3309,"date":"2009-05-15T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T01:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/google-maps-important-announcement-for-local-business-center-users\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T16:54:51","slug":"google-maps-important-announcement-for-local-business-center-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/google-maps-important-announcement-for-local-business-center-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps: Important announcement for Local Business Center users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 12:50 5\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nThe Google Local Business Center is unavailable for the next hour<\/strong>\u00a0
\nWe appreciate your patience as we perform some routine system maintenance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

More specifically, we’re updating ‘the backend’ (to employ that catchy, catchall moniker coined and lent to us by engineering folks who work on all of the technical fiddly bits behind the scenes but know we communications folks can’t very well say ‘We’re updating all of the technical fiddly bits behind the scenes’ and expect you, an enlightened Google user, to take us seriously or at least not wonder aloud ‘ Wait, what sort of bits were those again?’).<\/p>\n

So please check back in sixty minutes. Maybe less, considering the time you’ve invested in deciphering this message.<\/p>\n

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This was published in the Google Maps Help Forum at 7:30 on 5\/15:<\/p>\n

We’re planning scheduled downtime for the Local Business Center on Monday, May 18, at around 12:30pm EDT for approximately two hours. During this time, you will not be able to access your Local Business Center account.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your patience,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do not remember too many times when the LBC has been formally shut down even for 2 hours. Is it the fix to the merging issues? Something else? Check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update 12:50 5\/18 Temporarily Unavailable \u00a0 The Google Local Business Center is unavailable for the next hour\u00a0 We appreciate your patience as we perform some routine system maintenance.\u00a0\u00a0 More specifically, we’re updating ‘the backend’ (to employ that catchy, catchall moniker coined and lent to us by engineering folks who work on all of the technical …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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