Google Maps: User Admin

In rare cases, we may ask you to grant us access to your Google Maps Platform property. Each team at Yoast has a shared Google account so a team member must provide you with the email address for their team. Please remember to remove our access once your question has been answered.

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Add a New User

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform – User Admin.

  2. Click on ‘Add’ at the top of the screen.

    A screenshot of the Google Cloud dashboard with the Add button

  3. Enter the email address provided by a Yoast team member in the New principals input field.

    a screenshot of the Add principals settings in Google Cloud

  4. Click on the Select a role drop-down, then click Basic and select Viewer.

    Why ‘Viewer’ permissions?A screenshot of the Select a role settings in Google Cloud

  5. Click ‘Save’.

Change Existing User Permissions

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform – User Admin
  2. In the table of users, click the edit (pencil) icon in the row that matches the email address provided by a Yoast team member
  3. Click the Role drop-down.
  4. Click Basic and then Viewer.
    Why ‘Viewer’ permissions?
  5. Click ‘Save’.

Remove a User

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform – User Admin
  2. In the table of users, add a checkmark in the check box next in the row that matches the email address provided by a Yoast team member.
  3. Click on ‘Remove’ (remove user icon) at the top of the screen.

    A screenshot of the users screen with the remove button on top

  4. Click ‘Confirm’.

Permission Levels

Google has different account roles so you can give different permission levels to each user. We ask for ‘Viewer’ access because it allows us to see your settings but we cannot make changes. If you would like us to make changes on your behalf, please change the role to ‘Editor’.

Learn more about the different roles here.

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