NEW - Adding Social Media Links to GBP - New info added to Google Support Page

[ElizabethRule]

Anyone else see this NEW info added to Google Support Page?? this is HUGE! Seems Google is now allowing some businesses to add social media links. Anyone seeing this yet??

Edit your Business Profile on Google - Google Business Profile Help

 

[Amy Toman]

Wow, this would be lovely. Right now they're added and maintained by Google, and the only way to update or correct is to contact Support. Would be great if business owners could do it on their own. Great spot!

 

[Claudia]

@ElizabethRule A few months ago I had uploaded social links for several clients via the api. They are disappeared but now I am seeing them on the knowledge panel. This is exciting. Even TikTok is available

 

[ElizabethRule]

Wow - didn't know this was available via API before. Super excited to see how this is rolled out and who gets this ability in the dashboard first!

 

[Jenny_BrightLocal]

Woohoo! As a Social Media Manager, this is one update I am pretty excited about!

 

[Claudia]

Woohoo! As a Social Media Manager, this is one update I am pretty excited about!

what's nice about adding the social links is that multiple locations can now have the same social profile.

 

[SaraGarrison]

Thank you for this post! I noticed the social links - "Place page URLs" - in the GBP file export in early July and tested on a listing, but the links did not go live. Went back to this listing now and they are all visible.

 

[mdrake]

Woohoo! As a Social Media Manager, this is one update I am pretty excited about!

Hi Jenny. What part of the dashboard did you use to access the social profiles?

 

[Marcin Karwowski]

Hi Jenny. What part of the dashboard did you use to access the social profiles?

This is available in Profile Edit in the Contact tab. However, this is not available in every country yet.
Changing the language also does not affect it, I checked.

 

[ElizabethRule]

Woohoo! As a Social Media Manager, this is one update I am pretty excited about!

OMG it looks so beautiful!! Love when G gives control like this over what shows on the listings!

 

[ElizabethRule]

Hi Jenny. What part of the dashboard did you use to access the social profiles?

You may not see this yet as it is not rolled out to all listings. It will roll out to certain locations and industries first, before possibly rolling out to all listings. So keep an eye out it may pop up soon!

 

[ElizabethRule]

Thank you for this post! I noticed the social links - "Place page URLs" - in the GBP file export in early July and tested on a listing, but the links did not go live. Went back to this listing now and they are all visible.

Oh cool, clearly a tease of what was to come! Perhaps other features you notice in the file export that are new are also hints to additional future GBP dashboard features

 

[keyserholiday]

I added one via bulk upload and it doesn't show on the KP.

 

[Claudia]

I just tried to update a client via the api and it returned an error.

Looks like the API no longer works unfortunately.

 

[Jenny_BrightLocal]

Hi Jenny. What part of the dashboard did you use to access the social profiles?

Hi! Marcin also answered this but I can confirm it's in Edit Profile, then in Contact Hopefully it rolls out to everyone soon.

 

[Ryan Steinolfson]

Is it possible to put the TikTok link in the posts?

 

[SaraGarrison]

Is it possible to put the TikTok link in the posts?

Yes, TikTok is one of the profiles you can list.

 

[mdrake]

I just tried adding my social links and they are having trouble publishing. Is anyone else having this issue?

 

[JS Girard]

It finally arrived on our agency profile!

 

[Marcin Karwowski]

We also got this option on our agency account today.