Social Media Examiner | Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/feed/ Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:08:09 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33083<![CDATA[April Cooper replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33083 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:25:19 +0000 April Cooper replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business I enjoy using google+, I have already helped my clients set it up, so they can see how it works especially using google+ hangout.  We have done this so much that our Fox40 news channel is suppose to be at our next […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33053<![CDATA[Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33053 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:09:59 +0000 Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @dianebianchi Yup, you're only allowed one Google+ profile page and one Google+ Local business page whether from single or multiple accounts. And yes, they are different.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33051<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33051 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:58:03 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @rooseveltjones  I just came across this article that explains what my question was.  Right now self-created Google+ business pages and Google+ pages that Google converted from Google Places are separate.  Maybe […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33000<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-33000 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:12:39 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @rooseveltjones  When I go to my Google dashboard and click on the link for my Google business page, instead of showing my original places page it now shows what looks like a Google+ page for my business, but […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32989<![CDATA[Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32989 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:00:29 +0000 Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business Howdy @dianebianchi,Checking Google I was only able to find your Google+ profile page you created under your name.Are you sure you don't have one profile (personal) page and one Google+ Local business page? […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32983<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32983 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:33:43 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @rooseveltjones  Thanks for your response.  The problem I have is that now I have two Google+ pages for my business - the one I created myself about six months ago and the one recently created by Google from my […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32972<![CDATA[Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32972 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:23:55 +0000 Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @dianebianchiI know it seems a little confusing but Google Places is now Google+ Local. Although the change started slowly a little under a year ago, the transition has picked up steam.Not ALL places pages […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32969<![CDATA[Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32969 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:03:41 +0000 Roosevelt Jones replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business The web is dynamic, that means it's ever changing.Most of the time it can be referred to as progress,although not always in the case of Google.Roughly 80 million Google Place pages globally were automatically […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32893<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32893 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:55:28 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business I have a question about this whole thing.  I created a Google+ page for my business already and also claimed my Google Places page.  Now when I go to my Google Places page it shows a Google+ page which is not the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32852<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32852 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:26:42 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @atlantarobin  I think this is a huge plus (pun intended) Places, for the time being, still need to be managed from the places dashboard, not inside G+. But eventually they'll be completely merged with the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32721<![CDATA[Patricia Mellin replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32721 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:08:40 +0000 Patricia Mellin replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business I can see some similarity with Foursquare.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32712<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32712 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:44:45 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business thanks for bringing this to our attention...I'm still trying to get G+ figured out and beneficial????? @atlantarobin

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32685<![CDATA[Lukas Pleva replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32685 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:33:22 +0000 Lukas Pleva replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @atlantarobin

One really annoying aspect of this change is that in order to leave a review, you need to have a Google+ account. This introduces just another barrier that less tech savvy consumers have to […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32639<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32639 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:35:38 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @atlantarobin
This feels like a continuation of Google's plan to force G+ on everyone and everything, despite the fact that there seems to be very little activity over there.
There is currently an uproar on […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32618<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32618 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:36:45 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business I was kind of concerned over the review aspect involved. I mean, should local marketing consultants stop pushing Google Places Page verification, optimization, etc. as a service? 
Should you keep telling your […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32586<![CDATA[Lukas Pleva replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32586 Thu, 31 May 2012 07:08:21 +0000 Lukas Pleva replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @atlantarobi,At this point, it appears to be not much more than a cosmetic change, so I am not too worried. HOWEVER, a Google rep confirmed that these new Google+ Local pages and Google+ brand pages will […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32576<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-places-plus-merger-a-shakeup-or-shakedown/#post-32576 Thu, 31 May 2012 02:59:51 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Google Places-Plus Merger - A Shakeup or Shakedown? in the club Small Business @atlantarobin Great share, thanks for the link.  As of yet, I'm on the fence. Need to go to Google+ and test it out.  Google just put out this video today if anyone wants to see how it's beneficial from […]

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