How to get the Google Business Page back
What is the Google Business Site?
The Google Business Site is the Google-owned website that is integrated with the Google Business Profile. Google provides this site for users who don’t have an own business website.
The Google Business Page can be found under https://[businessname].business.site
The site has limited features but is great for beginners.
Many people are wondering why their Google business website can’t be found on their Google Business Profile anymore. I want to explain to you how you can get it back.
Where is my Google Business Site?
Usually you would be able to access the site by clicking on the standard website field and it would show an additional option to “manage” the Google Business Site.
However, users started to report that this option was gone and removed from their profile. See the screenshot below.
I’ve found a way to activate the site and get it back to your profile. It’s a little technical but I’m going to guide you through the process without you needing a developer.
Access Google Business Page - Step By Step
I’m going to use the Chrome browser on Desktop. If you’re using a different browser, please switch to Chrome for this little hack.
Step 1 - Log in to your Google Profile
Go to your Google Business Profile. You can search for “my business” on Google’s search or go to google.com/business.
Step 2 - Click on “edit profile”
Click on edit profile so that you see the open pop up window where you can edit your profile information.
Step 3 - Check Frame Source Code
Right click with your mouse and select “view frame source”. Don’t confuse this with “page source”. We precisely want to see the frame source code of this pop up window.
Step 4 - Find your Google Business Site ID
The Google Business Site ID is not visible anywhere else, so you need to find it in the source code of this pop up window.
- In this source code tab, press CTRL+F on a windows PC or command+F on a Mac to open the search bar.
- Now type in “data:” (without the “”)
Attention: You’ll need to search for “data:” including the colon! The search results will be 200+ if you leave out the “:”.
- If you’re on the correct page, the search bar will show you 8 search results. We’re going to need the last one. Please have a look at the following screenshot:
- Now you’ve found your Google Business Site ID.
- Copy the ID and paste it to the following URL:
https://business.google.com/site/l/
[insert_Google_Business_Site_ID]
Just like this
https://business.google.com/site/l/09602100182746436583
- Hit enter and marvel at your Google Business Site. The “manage” button that had been removed is back again, too.
It’s basically creating the site from scratch.
Now you can find the site under business.site. Your personal site can be found under https://[business-name].business.site
Here is an example:
If your business name is 24 Hour Plumbing Miami, your business site URL would be https://24hourplumbingmiami.business.site
If you’re using the business site as an additional backlink source and not as the primary website, be sure to not set the site as default when you edit the name.
Thoughts
This is how you access and create the Google Business Site. If you have any questions please leave a comment below.
