Google Places Account
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Hi,
I'm doing Google maps optimization for my local clients, so she uses same login for personal Gmail and Google places, is there a way to change a password for Google places, without giving away her password that she uses for personal Gmail?
Thanks for help.
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The business name, address and telephone number belong to the entity. Changes to the information are verified via a google phone call to the company's phone number or a postcard sent to the company's address. Anyone can make the changes to a places page but the changes are not actually implemented until they are verified by the business via a phone call or postcard.
So, if you make the changes while logged into YOUR google account, that company will forever show up in your Google places dashboard--even if someone else makes changes to it from their account in the future. This doesn't mean you've claimed the business--it just means you've made changes to it. I have, for example, many, many companies that show in my dashboard. Each of them I've coordinated with to set up or revise their places page. I make the changes, prepare them to be ready to get the automated phone call with the PIN (it happens in less than 20 seconds) or to be on the lookout for the postcard with the PIN (takes about two weeks) and when they get the PIN, they give it to me, I enter it into my dashboard, and the changes take effect. You don't need to be in the client's google account to do this.
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Hi Tonyklu,
She'd have to have separate accounts, I believe - one for her gmail and another for Places. I do not, however, recommend that you claim her under any account of yours. Clients should always have independent control of their properties. Hope this helps!
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Google Places or Google+ Business page?
With Google Places, you can add them to your own Google Places dashboard (http://www.google.com/local/add ), edit the business info, and a post card or phone verification will take place as usual with the client company (you can have Google send a verification post card with a PIN in about 2 weeks or You can have Google immediately place an automated call to the business phone number on record and provide a PIN). Once verified, the client gives you the pin, which you enter at your dashboard and the changes then take effect. Some changes don't need to be verified.
If it's Google+, the owner of a Google+ personal profile will need create a Google+ Business Page from within their personal profile and then make you a manager of that page, which you will then be able to administer while logged into your own Google account.
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