Google Places API Drops Google+ URLs For Business Listings

Nov 4, 2015 - 7:59 am 3 by
Filed Under Google Maps

Map1 Google 1200px

Yet more signs of Google dropping more and more Google+ footprints. The Google Places API Web Service has dropped the Google+ URLs to business listings and now only shows the Google Maps URL for the place listing.

Paul Gordon posted about it in the Local Search Forums and said "sometime in the last few days the Google Places Details API started to return Google Maps URL of the form for a place." Now it is https://maps.google.com/?cid={cid} where in the past it returned a Google Plus page URL of the form of https://plus.google.com/{google+ id or name}/about?hl=en-US.

Michael Cottam also noticed and posted about this change.

I guess no one should be surprised to see Google+ being suppressed more and more as time goes on?

Forum discussion at Local Search Forums.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2025

Jul 15, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google Maps

Google Local Ranking Documentation Updated

Jul 15, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profiles Automatically Adding Social Media Links To Businesses

Jul 15, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Search Console Analytics API New Metadata Incomplete Data Points

Jul 15, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google AdSense

Google AdSense PIN Verification Issues

Jul 15, 2025 - 7:21 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profiles Now Requests Text/WhatsApp Number During Setup

Jul 15, 2025 - 7:11 am
Previous Story: YouTube Rocket Ship