{"id":658809,"date":"2025-03-26T00:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-business-profile-bug-prevents-adding-new-businesses\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:45:26","slug":"google-business-profile-bug-prevents-adding-new-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-business-profile-bug-prevents-adding-new-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Business Profile bug prevents adding new businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f07cccf74a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f07cccf74a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-business-profile-bug-prevents-adding-new-businesses\/#There_seems_to_be_an_issue_with_phone_numbers_preventing_you_from_creating_new_business_profiles_and_also_phone_numbers_being_removed_from_some_existing_business_profiles\" >There seems to be an issue with phone numbers preventing you from creating new business profiles and also phone numbers being removed from some existing business profiles.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_seems_to_be_an_issue_with_phone_numbers_preventing_you_from_creating_new_business_profiles_and_also_phone_numbers_being_removed_from_some_existing_business_profiles\"><\/span>There seems to be an issue with phone numbers preventing you from creating new business profiles and also phone numbers being removed from some existing business profiles.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>If you try to add a new business to Google Business Profiles today, you may run into difficulties.  When you get to the screen where you add your phone number and website address, Google won\u2019t let you proceed to the next step.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if there is an issue with phone numbers in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, which may be causing this bug, or not. But there are also businesses reporting their phone numbers are being removed and also rejected from their Google Business Profiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More details. <\/strong>As <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-business-profile-setup-stuck-39129.html\">noted<\/a>, on this screen, the \u201cNext\u201d button, simply won\u2019t take you to the next screen:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1461\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572.png.webp\" alt=\"Google Business Profile Next Contact Broken 1742897572\" class=\"wp-image-453556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572.png.webp 2048w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572-474x338.png.webp 474w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572-800x571.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572-158x113.png.webp 158w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572-768x548.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/03\/google-business-profile-next-contact-broken-1742897572-1536x1096.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Google product expert, Vinay Toshniwal,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/thread\/333488058\/issue-with-%E2%80%9Cnext%E2%80%9D-button-while-creating-google-business-profile-phone-number-website-section?hl=en\">wrote<\/a> in the Google Business Profile forums:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019ve come across several posts about users facing issues when creating a Google Business Profile\u2014specifically where the \u201cNext\u201d button becomes unresponsive after entering the phone number and website details.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that I\u2019ve already escalated this issue to the Google team. I\u2019ll share any updates here as soon as I receive more information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vinay Toshniwal also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ivinaytoshniwal\/status\/1904422246325846246\">noted<\/a> that phone numbers are dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing from some Google Business Profile listings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>If you are trying to get a new business added to Google Business Profiles and run into this issue, you should know that this is impacting everyone.  There seems to be a bug with Google where you cannot add new businesses right now. I suspect this will be fixed in the coming hours or days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<p>About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" rel=\"me\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBarry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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He also runs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Search Engine Roundtable<\/a>, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the &#8220;US Search Personality Of The Year,&#8221; you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O&#8217;Clock.<\/p>\n<p>Barry can be followed\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/\">on X here<\/a>\u00a0and you can learn more about\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rustybrick.com\/barry\">Barry Schwartz over here<\/a> or on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barryschwartz.org\/\">personal site<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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