{"id":4893,"date":"2009-10-15T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2009-10-15T22:48:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T02:48:19","slug":"local-listing-ads-doing-call-tracking-with-google-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/15\/local-listing-ads-doing-call-tracking-with-google-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Listing Ads Using Call Tracking with Google Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, I was looking at a screen shot of a dentist that had both Adwords and a Local listing ad. It was obvious that the later was using a call tracking number. I was thinking that it must be a Google Voice number but I had no way to confirm.
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Well, this afternoon in Google Q3 conference call my question was answered<\/a>: All the calls generated via Local Listing Ads \u201cgo through Google Voice\u201d (i.e., call tracking)<\/em>. <\/p>\n

I am curious, will the client be able to retain use of the Google Voice phone number after their advertising ceases? Will the SMB be required to set up and configure a Google Voice account or will it just be a Voice number with none of the trappings? Does it have a simplified interface as well and can the SMB “pick” their phone number?<\/p>\n

Additionally, SVP of product Jonathan Rosenberg spoke at some length about Maps and noted: \u201cEverything is finally in place to enable small businesses to connect with customers online\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a related observation, this particular iteration of the Local Listing Ad display, shows the Blue Pin placed next to the ad but it was not showing on the Map.
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This morning, I was looking at a screen shot of a dentist that had both Adwords and a Local listing ad. It was obvious that the later was using a call tracking number. I was thinking that it must be a Google Voice number but I had no way to confirm. Well, this afternoon in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-about-googles-local-listing-ads","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