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UPDATE 4/30/15 - Classic Maps is DEAD now!
So skip to post #14 to find out how to find CID on New Google Maps.
(Original post with explanations continued below.)
I assume most of you know this, but I'm surprised by how many pros I train don't.
REALLY IMPORTANT and best practice to find and record the CID # for your client listings.
It no longer shows up on the G+ Local page BUT is still the primary identifier for your Place page and is very important for troubleshooting.
WHY do you need the CID#?
1) Sometimes Google creates a brand new Place page on you and you don't even know it.
Often the page looks identical and you didn't even know Google switched the CID on you unless you recorded it initially. Often a new Place page with a different CID will cause you to lose reviews because reviews are tied in part to CID# so it's important to track this.
2) Also need CID for troubleshooting. If a listing disappears sometimes you can't even find it on MM with a phone search. BUT sometimes CAN find it on MM if you know the CID. So you need to know how to format the MM link with CID#. (Can't remember off hand the format to use, but I think Blumenthal had a post about it. Will try to go find it later.)
UPDATE: Here's Mike's post about how to reformat CID for MapMaker: See starting at #3.
<a href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/25/a-step-by-step-to-recover-your-we-currently-do-not-support-this-location-in-mapmaker/">A Step By Step To Recover Your “We Currently Do Not Support This” Location in MapMaker</a>
HOW to find the CID
I thought I posted about this on my blog right after G+ Local hit, but can't find it now.
Anyway, just go to the G+ Local page - click on the client's map, then on the map page the link takes you to, you will see the CID in the address bar.
So skip to post #14 to find out how to find CID on New Google Maps.
(Original post with explanations continued below.)
I assume most of you know this, but I'm surprised by how many pros I train don't.
REALLY IMPORTANT and best practice to find and record the CID # for your client listings.
It no longer shows up on the G+ Local page BUT is still the primary identifier for your Place page and is very important for troubleshooting.
WHY do you need the CID#?
1) Sometimes Google creates a brand new Place page on you and you don't even know it.
Often the page looks identical and you didn't even know Google switched the CID on you unless you recorded it initially. Often a new Place page with a different CID will cause you to lose reviews because reviews are tied in part to CID# so it's important to track this.
2) Also need CID for troubleshooting. If a listing disappears sometimes you can't even find it on MM with a phone search. BUT sometimes CAN find it on MM if you know the CID. So you need to know how to format the MM link with CID#. (Can't remember off hand the format to use, but I think Blumenthal had a post about it. Will try to go find it later.)
UPDATE: Here's Mike's post about how to reformat CID for MapMaker: See starting at #3.
<a href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/25/a-step-by-step-to-recover-your-we-currently-do-not-support-this-location-in-mapmaker/">A Step By Step To Recover Your “We Currently Do Not Support This” Location in MapMaker</a>
HOW to find the CID
I thought I posted about this on my blog right after G+ Local hit, but can't find it now.
Anyway, just go to the G+ Local page - click on the client's map, then on the map page the link takes you to, you will see the CID in the address bar.