{"id":2904,"date":"2014-12-12T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dental-focus.com\/marketing\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2022-05-26T13:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:34:53","slug":"what-is-a-custom-google-url-and-why-you-need-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/what-is-a-custom-google-url-and-why-you-need-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Custom Google+ URL and Why You Need One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have probably heard about Google+. Hopefully you even have a G+ page set up for your practice? Brilliant. Now it&#8217;s time to make your URL yours.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the examples below and think about which one looks better.<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118371587528280190998\/\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118371587528280190998\/<\/a> or<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+MySmileClinicMelbourne<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once you create a G+ page for your business, you are automatically given a URL for that page. This URL contains a long sequence of digits, not making it very user-friendly or memory-friendly for that matter!<\/p>\n<p>What are the benefits of having a URL with your business name in it?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easier to remember<\/li>\n<li>Easier to share<\/li>\n<li>Builds more trust in people<\/li>\n<li>Easier to use<\/li>\n<li>Inspires online sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please Note: <\/strong>Before you claim your personalised URL there are certain criteria you must meet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your page must have a profile photo<\/li>\n<li>You must have at least 10 followers<\/li>\n<li>Your account must be at least 30 days old<\/li>\n<li>Your account must be linked to a website (this is important!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If all of the above gets a tick, well done!<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve logged in to your G+ page using your Google ID, you should get a notification at the top of the page explaining that you have been preapproved for a custom URL.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2908\" title=\"Doc2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Doc2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Doc2.jpg 1950w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Doc2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Doc2-1024x549.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id=\"_x0000_t75\"  coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\" o:preferrelative=\"t\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\"  filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\">\n<v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"\/>\n<v:formulas>\n<v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>\n<v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"\/>\n<\/v:formulas>\n<v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"\/>\n<o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"\/>\n<\/v:shapetype><v:shape id=\"_x0000_s1035\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" style='position:absolute;  margin-left:49.5pt;margin-top:45.8pt;width:468pt;height:251.25pt;z-index:-1'  wrapcoords=\"-35 0 -35 21536 21600 21536 21600 0 -35 0\">\n<v:imagedata src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\vinit\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\msohtmlclip1\\01\\clip_image001.png\"   o:href=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/pzZOr_mLGOXhQczi1reZ2Gka62VvO364rXhu4r2_w38zDoHNWg9X1W2UKCMJTrCeujdEImgtM_WhHAmJqfwo4lqfQJ4ByiG48BRgjksVKQEo1tAwhfeaOCj2mbXihAIsWA\"\/>\n<w:wrap type=\"tight\"\/>\n<\/v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click &#8220;Get URL&#8221; button which will show the screen as displayed below:<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2914\" title=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/21.jpg 1951w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/21-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/21-1024x628.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><br \/>\nTick the box to agree with the &#8220;Terms of Service&#8221; and click &#8220;Change URL&#8221; button. Now the URL will be changed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have probably heard about Google+. Hopefully you even have a G+ page set up for your practice? Brilliant. Now it&#8217;s time to make your URL yours. Look at the examples below and think about which one looks better. https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118371587528280190998\/ or https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+MySmileClinicMelbourne Once you create a G+ page for your business, you are automatically given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,14,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-seo-rankings","category-magazine-articles","category-nazs-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions\/5738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}