{"id":9759,"date":"2011-04-16T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=9759"},"modified":"2011-04-16T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:13:00","slug":"google-email-explaining-demise-of-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/16\/google-email-explaining-demise-of-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Email Explaining Demise of Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you that are not running Tags campaigns here is the letter that Google sent:<\/p>\n

Subject:<\/strong> Google Places Notice: Google Tags to be retired on 4\/29<\/strong>
\nReply-To:<\/strong> <\/a>googleplaces-noreply@google.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Google Tags to be retired on 4\/29<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dear Google Places user,<\/p>\n

At Google, we\u2019re always working to innovate and improve ways for small businesses to get online and reach more customers. At times, though, we have to decide where to focus our efforts and which technologies we expect will yield the most benefit to users and businesses like you in the long run.<\/p>\n

In that spirit, we are retiring Google Tags for all users on April 29, 2011. No action is required on your part, and your Places account and listing will continue to work as usual. Effective today, no new tags can be created, but all active tags will keep running to the end of April for free.<\/p>\n

In your Places account, you\u2019ll be able to see billing history until July 31st. If your tag is active, performance data will be available from now until May 31st. Historical performance data of inactive tags will be available in your dashboard starting May 2nd until May 31st.<\/p>\n

To learn more about this change and other ways to promote your business, please see our blog post<\/a> and our\u00a0Help Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you for trying Google Tags.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nThe Google Places Team<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043<\/p>\n

You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Places product or account.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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For those of you that are not running Tags campaigns here is the letter that Google sent: Subject: Google Places Notice: Google Tags to be retired on 4\/29 Reply-To: googleplaces-noreply@google.com  Google Tags to be retired on 4\/29 Dear Google Places user, At Google, we\u2019re always working to innovate and improve ways for small businesses to …<\/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-9759","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