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Google My Business Short Names Going Away?

Apr 13, 2012
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Google My Business Short Names are going away? Just saw this alert in GMB admin section, it appears that if you have not yet set up a GMB Short Name, you are out of luck. You can no longer change or add new Short Names.

For now, companies will need to go back to using Whitespark's awesome tool:

Will Google issue a replacement? Do dealers need to take action? Stay tuned!

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Google My Business is discontinuing the ability to create or modify Short Names, meaning dealers who haven't already set one up will lose access to this feature. The thread alerts dealers to this change and suggests using Whitespark's tool as an alternative, though it remains unclear if Google will provide a replacement solution or what action dealers should take.

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