{"id":6495,"date":"2010-04-23T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=6495"},"modified":"2010-04-23T09:58:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T13:58:38","slug":"google-places-lbc-feature-allows-discreet-links-in-additional-detail-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/23\/google-places-lbc-feature-allows-discreet-links-in-additional-detail-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Places (LBC) Feature- Allows Discreet Links in Additional Detail Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/places\/us\/10012\/ny\/new-york\/spring-st\/32\/-lombardi's-pizza?gl=us&amp;view=feature&amp;mcsrc=details&amp;start=0&amp;num=29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Links Feature in Places\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2744\/4540066273_fc19e53795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGoogle Maps Guide Brianna (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/archives\/022059.html\">highlighted<\/a> by Barry Schwartz) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/forum\/p\/Places\/thread?tid=4fec9e8010f91d87&amp;hl=en\">noted<\/a> in the new forums that restaurants (and hotels) can add discreet links to menus and reservations. This is done by adding a field with a specific label (either Menus or Reservations) to the Additional Details section of your Places account and inserting the appropriate URL. You can see an example of a linked Additional Detail field in the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/places\/us\/10012\/ny\/new-york\/spring-st\/32\/-lombardi's-pizza?gl=us&amp;view=feature&amp;mcsrc=details&amp;start=0&amp;num=29\">Place Page listing<\/a> for Lombardi&#8217;s Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Rodecker of <a href=\"http:\/\/relevantads.com\/\">Relevant Ads<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.localsplash.com\/blog\/placelinks-custom-links-now-shown-in-google-places-page.html\">points<\/a> out that this feature also supports Coupons, your Facebook page and your Twitter page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/discreetlinks.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6497\" title=\"discreetlinks\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/discreetlinks-520x477.gif\" alt=\"Google Places Discreet Links in Additional Details\" width=\"520\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/discreetlinks-520x477.gif 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/discreetlinks-217x200.gif 217w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/discreetlinks.gif 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how much traffic come from deep in a Places Page. I doubt very much. What is intrigueing is that now we might be able to tell. It will be a simple matter to create a vanity url for the reservations and menu pages that will <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/09\/tracking-local-search-traffic-with-analytics\/\">track the local traffic<\/a> that is being sent.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously the Additional Details fields support a number of phrases that trigger the distinct links. I wonder what other specific tags might also trigger the results?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps Guide Brianna (highlighted by Barry Schwartz) noted in the new forums that restaurants (and hotels) can add discreet links to menus and reservations. This is done by adding a field with a specific label (either Menus or Reservations) to the Additional Details section of your Places account and inserting the appropriate URL. 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