Google+ hijacked my company!
Wednesday, July 23. 2014
One day I got an e-mail from Google+ saying: "HQ Code Shop Oy hasn't shared anything on this page with you". I was more than puzzled. Sure I haven't shared anything with myself on Google+.
I clicked the link and got to the page. It had a Manage this page -button at the bottom:
It didn't do much good:
All it said was: "We are sorry, but you do not have access to this service. Please contact your domain administrator for access". Aow come on! Why did you have to create a page for something that you don't own and don't let the owner to control!
I went to my Google Apps administration console:
Yes, I have Google+ enabled for myself. However, that didn't change anything. I still was not able to manage my own company's page.
Many hours of surfing the web, reading many absurd attempts to fix the problem, and nothing. Then I went back to the Other Apps -section and started reading the descriptions:
It says "Add or edit your local business listing on Google Maps" next to Google Places -service, which I hadn't subscribed. I enabled that and hey presto! Suddenly I was able to manage the page. Naturally I had to pass the automated phone call test from Google, but I finally got control of my own property.
This is yet another shame-on-you-Google -thing they do while going towards world domination.
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One day I got an e-mail from Google+ saying: "HQ Code Shop Oy hasn't shared anything on this page with you". I was more than puzzled. Sure I haven't shared anything with myself on Google+.
I clicked the link and got to the page. It had a Manage this page -button at the bottom:
It didn't do much good:
All it said was: "We are sorry, but you do not have access to this service. Please contact your domain administrator for access". Aow come on! Why did you have to create a page for something that you don't own and don't let the owner to control!
I went to my Google Apps administration console:
Yes, I have Google+ enabled for myself. However, that didn't change anything. I still was not able to manage my own company's page.
Many hours of surfing the web, reading many absurd attempts to fix the problem, and nothing. Then I went back to the Other Apps -section and started reading the descriptions:
It says "Add or edit your local business listing on Google Maps" next to Google Places -service, which I hadn't subscribed. I enabled that and hey presto! Suddenly I was able to manage the page. Naturally I had to pass the automated phone call test from Google, but I finally got control of my own property.
This is yet another shame-on-you-Google -thing they do while going towards world domination.
