SAB Map Showing Pin Instead Of Service Area

[luischavez0104]

Hi, I've noticed that for our service area business in the map preview Google shows a service area but when you expand the map then a pin shows. Has anyone else been seeing this?
These are both SAB's with no address showing.

DBS

goo.gl

DBS

goo.gl

 

[whitespark]

Is the pin positioned accurately on top of the address that your business is registered at, or is the pin in the center of the service area?

 

[luischavez0104]

Is the pin positioned accurately on top of the address that your business is registered at, or is the pin in the center of the service area?

Hi, it's not at their address it's just in the center of the service area.

 

[JS Girard]

Google recently stopped showing the service areas at certain low zoom levels, when they do that, they dump a pin at the centroid of the service area.

 

[luischavez0104]

Google recently stopped showing the service areas at certain low zoom levels, when they do that, they dump a pin at the centroid of the service area.

Thank you! Is there an article published on this or any content? I was searching and did not see anything. I just want to explain the situation as clear as possible to our client

 

[JS Girard]

Nope. I suspect not many professionals really noticed because, y'know, such a large service area is technically against Google's rules anyway.

We have this issue in Quebec primarily because certain areas people use are much larger in reality than the mental conception of them that people have (much of the territories in question is not actually inhabited).

 

[luischavez0104]

Hi, is there any new information on this?

 

[JS Girard]

Why? I don't consider this a bug since I agree if you've tried to make such a large service area, you're wasting your time. Besides it still shows correctly in the knowledge panel.

 

[luischavez0104]

Why? I don't consider this a bug since I agree if you've tried to make such a large service area, you're wasting your time. Besides it still shows correctly in the knowledge panel.

I've noticed the same issue with smaller service areas like this one Hello Garage of Middle Tennessee

 

[keyserholiday]

Ignore it. I’d be more concerned with having overlapping service areas and setting your service area over two hours from your location.

 

[JS Girard]

I've noticed the same issue with smaller service areas like this one Hello Garage of Middle Tennessee

Past a certain zoom level, Google doesn't show any service area. In this case the area appears to fit on screen best right around the zoom level where it is replaced by a pin at the centroid:

 

[Syed Amir]

Is the pin positioned accurately on top of the address that your business is registered at, or is the pin in the center of the service area?

@whitespark Here is the GBP for whitespark's GBP which is SAB and it is showing the pin. (somewhere in Germay)

 

[JS Girard]

@whitespark Here is the GBP for whitespark's GBP which is SAB and it is showing the pin. (somewhere in Germay)

That tracks perfectly with what I was saying. Here's the service area as currently defined: