{"id":7774,"date":"2010-10-25T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=7774"},"modified":"2010-10-25T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T18:37:40","slug":"google-boost-more-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/25\/google-boost-more-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Boost – More Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: Apparently the nationwide rollout of Boost<\/a> was an early morning quirk that has been corrected. Boost now only showing in San Francisco, Houston & Chicago according<\/a> to Chikai Ohazama, Google Maps Product Manager. <\/p>\n

Apparently Google Boost is appearing across the whole of the US <\/a>and it is not limited to any specific markets. It is visible in Olean, NY, VA. as well as the whole of California.<\/p>\n

Ad Creation<\/strong>:
\nHere is the set up screen with some arrows pointing to items of interest in the setup and subsequent processes:
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Ad Creation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left Arrow 1: The verbiage for the Ad is automatically extracted from the 200 character description but the business is allowed to change it.<\/p>\n

L. Arrow 2: The ad only shows for categories that are in Google’s category list. Custom categories will not show the ad.<\/p>\n

L. Arrow 3: The estimated clicks per month do vary depending on market and categories selected.<\/p>\n

L. Arrow 4: There is a minimum of $50\/mo to start the program.<\/p>\n

Right Arrow 1: The ONLY ad title allowed is the business name as defined in Places.<\/p>\n

Right Arrow 2: If stars are available from reviews they will show in the ad.<\/p>\n

R. Arrow 3: Apparently there are other formats that will be made available but the link is not yet working.<\/p>\n

Payment<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

If you already have a credit card on file from Tags or Adwords, Google will automatically use that:
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Once the ad is created you will see the following:<\/p>\n

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To cancel, go to the Billing Tab and select deactivate:<\/p>\n

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It will take you back to the original creation screen where it is necessary to select the not very obvious “Deactivate Ads” link at the bottom:
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When the ad is successfully deactivated you will see:
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Update: Apparently the nationwide rollout of Boost was an early morning quirk that has been corrected. Boost now only showing in San Francisco, Houston & Chicago according to Chikai Ohazama, Google Maps Product Manager. Apparently Google Boost is appearing across the whole of the US and it is not limited to any specific markets. It …<\/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-7774","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