Google+ Local Branded Name Character Limitation

Google+ Local is the new Google local business listing product that has so generously been provided to businesses free of charge. Products like this are helping us create the social web, where users continue to have a larger influence on search results.

I have ran into several issues with Google+, but will only highlight one in this post. Google+ Pages or Google+ Local pages have a character limit on how long your business branded name or page title can be. That limit is 50 characters! I came to this conclusion after running a test using as many characters as possible. The highest number of characters that Google+ would accept for a business page was fifty. 

I hope that this information helps your create a business name that is less than 50 characters. Remember that while creating your business name you will be doing yourself and your future customers a HUGE favor by making it short and simple. 

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