{"id":192,"date":"2024-06-19T05:18:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yellowfalconmedia.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/google-maps-displaying-redirect-notice-alerts-when-users-click-on-business-website-urls-search-engine-land\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T05:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:18:52","slug":"google-maps-displaying-redirect-notice-alerts-when-users-click-on-business-website-urls-search-engine-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowfalconmedia.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/google-maps-displaying-redirect-notice-alerts-when-users-click-on-business-website-urls-search-engine-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps displaying redirect notice alerts when users click on business website URLs &#8211; Search Engine Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>sel logo<br \/><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\">Search Engine Land<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/library\/platforms\">Platforms<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/library\/platforms\/google\">Google<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/library\/platforms\/google\/google-maps\">Google Maps<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Google Maps displaying redirect notice alerts when users click on business website URLs<\/span><\/span><br \/>Chat with SearchBot<br \/>                 <span class=\"wpaicg-chat-message\">                     Please note that your conversations will be recorded.                <\/span>                 <br \/>                 <strong style=\"float: left\" class=\"wpaicg-chat-avatar\">                     SearchBot:                <\/strong>                 <span class=\"wpaicg-chat-message\">                     I am trained with Search Engine Land content. Ask me anything!                <\/span>             <br \/>For approximately five days now, if a searcher tries to click your website URL within your Google Maps listing, they will receive a &ldquo;redirect notice&rdquo; from Google. The notice reads: &ldquo;The previous page is sending you to [the URL you clicked on],&rdquo; and then adds, &ldquo;If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page.&rdquo;<br \/>This is likely causing a drop in traffic from Google Maps and may be impacting local businesses in terms of foot traffic and website traffic.<br \/><strong>The issue.<\/strong> If you go to Google Maps and search for a business, and then click on the URL within their local panel, it won&rsquo;t send you to the site immediately.<br \/>Here is a screen shot of my local business listing in Google Maps:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-318190\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-773x600.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps Website Link\" width=\"773\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-773x600.jpg 773w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-435x338.jpg 435w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-145x113.jpg 145w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-167x130.jpg 167w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link-515x400.jpg 515w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-website-link.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\"><\/a><br \/>When you click on that URL, this is the notice that displays:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-318191\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20169'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Google Maps Redirect Notice\" width=\"800\" height=\"169\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-800x169.png 800w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-600x127.png 600w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-200x42.png 200w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-150x32.png 150w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice.png 1214w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-800x169.png\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-318191\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-800x169.png\" alt=\"Google Maps Redirect Notice\" width=\"800\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-800x169.png 800w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-600x127.png 600w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-200x42.png 200w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice-150x32.png 150w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2019\/06\/google-maps-redirect-notice.png 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/noscript><\/a><br \/><strong>First reports.<\/strong> First reports of the issue came in approximately five days ago in this Google <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/maps\/thread\/7636098?hl=en\">support thread<\/a>. Since then, dozens of complaints have been posted in this same thread, as well as other threads in that support forum. Google has yet to respond to the complaints. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyanneHawkins\/status\/1139178889924743169\">@JoyanneHawkins<\/a> tipped off Search Engine Land to the issue.<br \/><strong>Is this a feature or bug?<\/strong> The big question I have: Is this a feature or a bug? Did Google intentionally make this change or was this change made by mistake? One would have to assume this is a mistake because it does not work this way with other links within the local panel or other search results.<br \/>Since Google has not responded yet, we don&rsquo;t know how long it will take for the issue to be resolved.<br \/><strong>Why we should care.<\/strong> As mentioned above, if people are getting these notices when trying to click over to your website, it might surprise them, concern them, or possibly scare them not to click through to your website. 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