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• What can I find in the Locations tab?

  The Locations page within the Location Hub offers several powerful tools to help you manage and monitor your location data effectively. Below are the most important features: General Overview Once you have at least one location added to the Location Hub, you'll see a summary table with key data points and status indicators for each location. View th

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• How can I add or modify (single) location data?

  1. Go to the Locations tab and click on "Add location" on the top left > Manual If you want to lean more about the fields available, click here. 2. To add the location to an existing account, select the relevant account from the drop-down. To create a new account, mark the checkbox "Create a new account with the location data". The 'Location  Ide

  April 23rd, 2019 13739 views 1 likes
• How can I add or modify location data in bulk?

  1. Navigate to the Locations tab within the Location Hub, select the locations you wish to update by checking all or some of the checkboxes on the left-most side of the location list, then click "Export". 2. An excel will be generated containing your location data. Important: - The first two columns contain the identifiers - The location identifier

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• What are location Labels and how to use them?

  What Are Labels? Labels are internal tags used to sort, group, and manage locations within the Uberall platform. They are not published to any directories and are only visible within your Uberall account. For example, you might create labels like “Germany”, “Italy”, or “Outlet” to organize your locations by region, function, or campaign. Where Are L

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• What you should know about Opening Hours

  Here are commonly asked questions about the fields Opening Hours,  Special Opening Hours and More Hours . This information is provided on the location level, under Basic Data. Why is providing the opening hours of my business so important? Because that is what customers often search for. Google Trends show that the words opening hours are the most c

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• Uploading Photos & Videos

  Introduction The Uberall platform makes it easy to upload photos and videos to your location profiles. In this article, you will learn how to upload new media to location profiles so that they can be published to the connected publishers. You can also find the specifications on what is supported for the different media, directories, and format types

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• What happens if a customer posts pictures of my location on directories?

  Logos, in-store pictures, storefronts, staff pictures, and product photos are an important and fundamental part of your listings.  We encourage you to add at least one image to each location, ideally one of the storefront so that customers can easily identify your business. Some directories, like Google, will show pictures taken by your customers al

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• What are Profile Suggestions?

  What are Profile Suggestions? To keep the location data as accurate and complete as possible, the directories provide updates on the location data in the form of profile suggestions. The directories generate these suggestions, which differ from location information in the platform, from sources like website crawls, third-party data providers and use

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• Suggestions 2.0 - How to Reject or Accept Suggestions

  Please read this article‍ if you would like to know what Profile Suggestions are and where they come from. How to Use Suggestions The Suggestions feature helps you maintain complete and accurate profiles by centralizing management and enabling efficient updates. This guide explains how to use its key functionalities to optimize your profile complete

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• What happens when an end user suggests edits to my location on Google?

  Google allows any user to suggest edits to a business profile. These community-driven contributions help Google keep listings accurate and up-to-date. When Google deems a suggestion credible and approves it, it becomes a Google update. How Our Platform Handles Google Updates When a Google update is published: Our platform does not overwrite the upda

  May 22nd, 2019 9824 views 0 likes
• How do we generate suggestions from Facebook?

  The Facebook Page Change Proposals are changes suggested by Facebook (FB) to fix possible errors on your FB Page. Facebook proposal changes are automatically rejected by our application. A suggestion is then generated (Locations > Profile Suggestions or Profile > Suggestions) after this rejection, so that you can decide whether to change or no

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• What should I do if my business location is permanently closed?

  If your location closes down, you can update the location’s data on all directories with a few clicks in our platform. Please follow the steps: Open the location On the right side of the Basic Data section, click on Delete location from directories and platforms Press the blue button that says again Delete Location from Directories and Platforms Con

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• Synchronize your location data

  Sync (synchronization) is the process of submitting the location information to our publishers to request an update. If you create or edit a location through our platform, the updated information is not automatically sent to all the directories once it's been saved to the profile. You can manually trigger a sync or enable this action to be done auto

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• What are the different Sync statuses?

  There are 5 possible statuses your listings can be while we are syncing them: Sync Status Meaning Synced Listings are in sync and verified. This means that all details are in sync on the publisher and regularly checked for accuracy. Submitted Listings where your latest information has been successfully submitted. However, it is not possible to confi

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• What do the different location statuses mean?

  Check below what are the possible contract statuses that each location can have and some important facts about them: Active The location is up and running, being sync-checked and updated regularly.  Billed as per product plan. Will automatically renew (if not cancelled before the last day of contract). Inactive If a location is deactivated, we will

  April 9th, 2019 14993 views 2 likes
• Pop-Up Stores

  Pop-Up Stores A Pop-Up Store is a temporary store where retailers take advantage of empty retail space to sell their goods. These stores opens suddenly and usually exists only for a short amount of time.  Can I manage my Pop-Up Stores through your platform? Publishing a Pop-Up Stores is technically possible with the tool but you have to bear in mind

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• Service Areas and Service Area Businesses (SAB)

    General Information   What is a Service Area?   The service area is for businesses that visit or deliver to local customers. For example: A business that visits or delivers to customers, but doesn't serve customers at its business address (e.g. a plumber, private lessons or cleaning service). This is called a Service Area Business.  A business tha

  September 16th, 2019 13507 views 1 likes
• Unsuccessful Cleansing - Invalid Data

  What is invalid data? A location which could be verified by our cleansing team is set as invalid data - we were unable to cleanse it. This does not necessarily mean that the information is wrong, but rather it did not pass our quality control requirements. What are the reasons for invalid data? Location cannot be found - Incomplete address Vital add

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• Special Hours

  Introduction Customers commonly use a location's listing to determine the hours of operation which makes having the right information crucial to building trust and confidence with the business. Most locations will have a general operating schedule that doesn't change much throughout the year. However, there are some instances when a business will te

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• Why don't I see all directories listed in the Directories overview?

  The reason why some directories are not showing in the Directories overview for a location is because the location has been classified as a Service-Area Business (SAB), also known as having a Hidden Address. A Service-Area Business offers services directly at the customer's location instead of at their registered business address. Because the actual

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• How to set location to permanently closed?

  You can set the location to permanently closed with the steps below. Please note that when you do it, the location will then be removed from directories as well. The location is billed until the end of the location term.                          Under Location Hub on the Uberall platform, look for the specific location you want to set the status to

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• Why is my listing not in Sync?

  You have done an update in the platform and, after allowing a couple of minutes, notice the changes are not reflecting on your listing? Once an update is made in the platform and the location is synced, the system is sending the update to all directories. The directories have different updating cycles. Please allow the directories 24 - 72 hours to p

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• How do keywords, long descriptions, etc. affect your visibility?

  Consistent NAP data (name, address, telephone number) in all connected directories help you to achieve a better ranking and thus more visibility on Google Maps and Search.  Your listings' high profile completeness allows Google to better match the user's search queries with your locations. Which information is important and where is it published? Th

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• Custom Fields

  This article explains what Custom Fields are, how to request this feature and how to manage it. What are Custom Fields? It is possible to define personalized data fields per account, fitted to the users needs. Custom Fields allow to store extra data linked to each location (i.e. "Number_of_locations", "Employees", "Salesforce_id"). These data fields

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• How do I skip updating photos on Facebook?

  It is possible for a customer to choose whether they want to update the photos directly on Facebook or through our platform. The feature that allows this, is called skip photos on Facebook.  What happens if I enable the function? If you set the function to be true, you can change the following: Component Updated Logo No Landscape No Photos No What h

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• What happens if someone else tries to open a new listing, claiming they are managing my business?

  In case someone else creates a listing as if they were managing your business, the outcome will depend on the directory itself. For example, Google would identify it as a duplicate and from your Google My Business account, you could report it as a duplicate. For other directories, in case they allow us to remove a duplicate, we will do so after cont

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• What is a duplicate listing and how does our suppression process help your business?

  What is a duplicate listing?  It is a listing that got created in a directory, even though a pre-existing listing already had the same information. Why does a listing get duplicated and why it is important to handle it? There are many reasons why a duplicate listing gets created. It could be, for instance, that someone was willing to input informati

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• Checklist for submitting location data in bulk

  Before submitting your location data to our platform, we highly recommend you going through this checklist. This fastens the location data upload process and makes sure that the data is in the format our platform accepts it. Identifier (mandatory) Please notice: If you are planning connecting with Google, the identifier will override the StoreID in

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• Fixing common errors when bulk importing location data

  If you are having issues when importing locations, you may have some formatting flaws. If that is the case, you will get error messages after your import, indicating what exactly went wrong.  Here are some of the most common issues and how to solve them: Wrong Format You will be informed about:  which field has been incorrectly filled, for example,

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• FAQ about the bulk upload function

  One of the ways to add or modify location data is via a bulk upload, which is importing the information using a spreadsheet. Here you will find some of the frequently asked questions about this topic: Can I use my own Excel file to import location data? It is possible to use your own Excel sheet instead of our template when bulk importing location d

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• Excel Import Tips & Tricks

  ZIP Code Format Sometimes ZIP codes starting with 0 are automatically removed from the cell and will lead to errors upon doing an import. In order to make sure that none of the data in the ZIP code is removed, please select the ZIP column and then choose the "TEXT" format before filling in the cells.  Location ID Duplicates It is not possible to upl

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• How can I reactivate a location?

  You can easily reactivate a location after it has been deactivated or cancelled. If you want to reactivate one location that has been cancelled or deactivated: Sign in to the platform In the menu of the left, click on Locations Select and click on the inactive location that you'd like to reactivate In the upper right corner click on "Reactivate Loca

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• Using placeholders in location descriptions

  What is a placeholder? Placeholder is a character, word, or set of characters that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.  You can use placeholders in the short and long description of your location (in the Profile tab). When using a placeholder, make sure it does not exceed the character limit of the field  Which placeholders are av

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• What is Cleansing?

  What is Cleansing?  Cleansing refers to an internal process of checking, validating, and optimising the profile details of a business location. These checks are an all-important final review to make sure a location gets published online quickly & in good order while being pursuant to directory requirements. The cleansing process is the result of

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• What is the correct Address format ?

  The address should always be provided in this format: Address Line 1 = Street name and numberAddress Line 2 = Additional address details When a location is added, our system goes through what we call a normalization process. Address Normalization is the process of verifying a location's address by considering Address Line 1/Zip Code/City and automat

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• Why is my business name different on some directories?

  In order to optimise rates of publication on the platforms of our directory partners, we apply an internal process called cleansing. In this process, we check, adjust and validate the profile details of a location in order to adhere to the many different guidelines of our partner directories. One of the fields we might adjust is the Business Name. S

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• Why does my address revert when I click 'Save'?

  When a new location is added, the system automatically validates the address with the Google Geocoding API. This means that the address is corrected (if needed) with the data considered to be the correct address according to the Google Geocoding API. The location then goes through our quality checks where it undergoes address validation and accurate

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• Opening Date and Future Opening Date (Coming Soon Locations)

  Future Opening Date and Opening Date are fields currently supported by Google to show upcoming store openings as well as years in business respectively.  Future Opening Date (Coming Soon Locations) When creating a location in the platform with an opening date in the future, we will activate the listings on Google and Facebook. For Facebook, we can c

  July 1st, 2021 11933 views 1 likes
• Locations File Data Input and Type

  Scope This articles covers the data type and format for Location data. This includes the Location and Content List data. This article is limited to the data format and types of data fields of the import/export file. For API, please refer to the official API documentation and its Object Models. Introduction To keep a certain consistency in the data i

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• About Categories

  Find out below the answer to some of the most common questions about Categories. Find our list of Categories here. How does the platform work with categories? The categories we create are based on those that are available in Google. Once a category is added to the tool, we look for the closest match in all other publishers.  Sometimes there is no ma

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• Keyword Recommendations

  This article gives an overview of everything to know about Keyword Recommendations. What is Keyword Recommendations? Keyword Recommendations suggests and scores keyword usage in content to help users optimize for ranking and online searches. Where are Keyword Recommendations Displayed? Keyword Recommendations are currently displayed in the location

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• How can I change my location's coordinates?

  When a location is added, the system verifies the location's address by considering Address Line 1/Zip Code/City and automatically retrieves its geo coordinates. If you wish to change the position of your location, you can do that directly in the location's profile as described below: Navigate to the location > Profile > Basic Data Click on th

  June 15th, 2022 7983 views 1 likes
• Groups

  Current situation So far, you've been able to organise your locations with Labels by assigning them to specific locations. Then these Labels can be used as a filtering mechanism across the app. So far, however, the only way to provide user edit access to any Locations has been either by assigning said Locations to a User or assigning the entire Acco

  September 21st, 2022 10120 views 0 likes
• UTM Parameters

  This article covers what to expect when adding UTM Parameters into a location's profile. What is a UTM Parameter? UTM parameters are tags that can be added to the end of a URL to track website traffic and user behavior. These parameters allow website owners to monitor the effectiveness of their online advertising efforts and measure the success of d

  March 17th, 2023 8803 views 1 likes
• Call Tracking

  This article covers what to expect when adding Call Tracking Numbers into the platform. What is Call Tracking? Call tracking refers to the process of monitoring and analyzing incoming phone calls to a business or organization, typically for marketing and customer service purposes. By assigning unique phone numbers to specific marketing campaigns or

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• EV Station Information in the Uberall Platform

  Where is the EV Station Information Found? Each location that is set-up with EV charging data distribution will have an EV Station tab in its location profile.  This tab will appear for all locations that submit EV charger data with their location information.   What Information is on the EV Station Tab? The EV Station tab shows relevant information

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• Lodging Amenities

  What are Lodging Amenities? Lodging Amenities are those Google attributes specific to the lodging industry. Google handles and processes these attributes differently than attributes for other industries, which is why they have a component separate from the standard attributes fields in the platform.   Are Lodging Amenities Important? Yes.  Google us

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• Scheduling Location Updates

  What is a Scheduled Update? Updates to location information can be scheduled days, weeks, or months in advance.  An example scenario might be a business that knows their opening hours will change three months from now. A user can log in, update the hours and schedule the change to be published at a specified date and time in the future.  Then, at th

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• Listings Page

  Summary We're excited to introduce our latest upgrade! Our focus is not just on enhancing the design and overall user experience but more importantly, to empower our customers through a streamlined "self-service" approach. This will provide greater clarity over your listings, highlight necessary actions, and share essential information more transpar

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• How to Add and Manage "Services"

  Info This guide only applies to you if Content Collections are enabled in your product plan. If not, please read this article about how to add and manage services.        General Information There are different ways you can add and manage services: In the platform. This is the best option if you want to add services only to a few locations.  Via the

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• Transaction URLs

  What are Transaction URLs? Previously, these URLs were all managed via attributes; however we are making changes necessary to stay up to date with Google and offer a simpler way of maintaining the information.  Transaction URLs are those found on your Google Business Profiles and vary depending on the category selected for your business.  Restaurant

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• How can I export my locations?

  In the Location Hub's Location List, users can download an export of the locations. The export can be utilized to review and modify location data. In this article we will cover how users can download an export of their locations. Guided Tour Here is a step-by-step tour of how you can download the list of locations and their data.  Take a tour of pro

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• Location Setup Wizard

  Getting Started with the Location Setup Wizard Welcome to your streamlined location onboarding experience! Our new Sign Up Wizard makes it easier than ever to add and manage your business locations across multiple platforms. Who Can Access the Wizard? The Sign Up Wizard is available for: Location Managers and Business Managers with Custom Sales Part

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