{"id":701,"date":"2008-06-13T19:16:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T23:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=701"},"modified":"2008-06-16T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T16:29:39","slug":"google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Map Local Business Center Update &#8211; New Interface &#038; Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/confirmation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-703\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"Confirmation that business is yours\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/confirmation-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Upon entry in LBC\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 6\/16\/08:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0According to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversionrate.com.au\/\">Brett Gilbertson<\/a>, the new interface is available in Australia and in Canada but according to Martijn Beijk\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.martijnbeijk.com\/pain-hassles-google-local-business-center\/\">not in Europe<\/a> as yet. Also of note is that the bulk upload capabilities are not included in the new interface. For a work around for the absent bulk upload, <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/#comment-250179\">read the comments<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p>Google appears to be in the process of a major facelift to the Local Business Center interface. The new interface:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2asks your business name and lists out a choice of countries<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2checks against and match the business up to a listing already in Maps at that address,<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2requires confirmation that the business is yours<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2takes you a new single page entry from with no tabs<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2and then onto the PIN verification<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade consolidates the interface and appears to standardize it accross the 24 countries listed. It appears that the upgrade is on-going as not all fields were functional in my test. The verification and matching of your entry with an existing business should limit duplicate erroneous entries and may play a role in spam control.<\/p>\n<p>Another difference was that it now once again requires that I receive and enter a PIN. This requirement had been relaxed on LBC accounts with large numbers of entries. That may also be a spam control measure.<\/p>\n<p>Click to view a pdf of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/google-local-business-center.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new data entry screen<\/a>. Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/original_lbc_tabbed-intereface.png\" target=\"_blank\">screen shot of the old tabbed interface<\/a> for reference. Some additional screen shots of the new steps and processes&#8230;.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nClick to view larger, scroll for the balance of images:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/data_entry_screen_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-703\" title=\"1upon_entry\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1upon_entry.jpg\" alt=\"Upon entry in LBC\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1upon_entry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-703\" title=\"1upon_entry\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2countries.jpg\" alt=\"List of Countries Available\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/to_continue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-703\" title=\"1upon_entry\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/to_continue.jpg\" alt=\"List of Countries Available\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-701 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/1upon_entry\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/1upon_entry-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-703\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-703'>\n\t\t\t\tUpon entry in LBC\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/2countries\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2countries-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-704\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-704'>\n\t\t\t\tCountries Available\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/to_continue\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/to_continue-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-705\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-705'>\n\t\t\t\tChoice to further edit or delete listing that you claimed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/confirmation\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/confirmation-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-706\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-706'>\n\t\t\t\tBy claiming this listing you are saying that these two listings refer to the exact same physical location\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/singlepageinterface\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/singlepageinterface-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-707\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-707'>\n\t\t\t\tTop of single page interface\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/bottomof-enteryscreen\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bottomof-enteryscreen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-708\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-708'>\n\t\t\t\tBottom half of screen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/listings-of-images\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/listings-of-images-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-709\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-709'>\n\t\t\t\tDrop down of previously uploaded images\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/data_entry_screen_full\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/data_entry_screen_full-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-710\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-710'>\n\t\t\t\tNon Tabbed Data Entry Screen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/original_lbc_tabbed-intereface\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/original_lbc_tabbed-intereface-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-712\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-712'>\n\t\t\t\tOriginal tabbed interface\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 6\/16\/08:\u00c2\u00a0According to\u00c2\u00a0Brett Gilbertson, the new interface is available in Australia and in Canada but according to Martijn Beijk\u00c2\u00a0not in Europe as yet. Also of note is that the bulk upload capabilities are not included in the new interface. For a work around for the absent bulk upload, read the comments below. Google appears to &#8230;<\/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-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}