Google My Business adds inventory

[DrewAment]

If the dismal referral traffic results weren't enough to convince you to potentially reconsider GMB Cars For Sale listings, Google just rolled out a new "feature" that allows a user to choose between going to your dealership website or a third party site like AutoTrader, Cars.com, Carfax, Edmunds, etc.

WTF -- really?? That is just like the most stupid thing Google could do.

Time to write Google, your SEM vender (they have Google direct contacts), etc -- and express complete DISATISFACTION in the new add to the GMB.CFS.

 

[KodyVoyles]

You can set it up yourself - you just need to know how to create a merchant center feed, connect the merchant center to Adwords, GMB, etc etc.

Problems I have seen include things like
-- overlays/branding (not allowed by google) - and most venders can make workaround like skipping first photo, zooming photo, etc etc
-- not knowing how/what campaign structure to use in Adwords
-- Goals not set-up in Adwords correctly

Paying a vender a reasonable FLAT (no %%) fee is totally worth it in my opinion to handle all these problems, and any changes "the Googles" come up with... remember still a "beta" and is changing.

Oh nice, going to look into it last I remember checking about 2-3 months ago it was through approved venders only. Seems easy enough to setup however.

 

[DrewAment]

Oh nice, going to look into it last I remember checking about 2-3 months ago it was through approved venders only. Seems easy enough to setup however.

EDIT/NOTE -- the notes above are for the PAID GoogleSEM.VLAs. I missed that this was for GMB.Inventory (SORRY)

 

[Rick Buffkin]

If the dismal referral traffic results weren't enough to convince you to potentially reconsider GMB Cars For Sale listings, Google just rolled out a new "feature" that allows a user to choose between going to your dealership website or a third party site like AutoTrader, Cars.com, Carfax, Edmunds, etc.

I just now saw this on our Cars For Sale listings. This is comical.