#LGCTM Tips & Tricks: Fixing ALL CAPS names quicker

Google Maps tips & tricks
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Hi fellow Local Guides,

As an avid editor of Google Maps content, I often see businesses use ALL CAPS in the name and I immediately want to correct this. This naming violation is super easy to spot - we don’t even have to open a pin to check.

An image showing a business before and after fixing the misuse of All-Caps. Notice that the reference to the location was also removed from the name.
An image showing a business before and after fixing the misuse of All-Caps. Notice that the reference to the location was also removed from the name.3958×2526 944 KB

Using only ALL CAPS is clearly against the guidelines issued by the Google Business Profile program. If you want to check the relevant guidelines, please click here. Basically, All Caps can only be used if the name is a shorthand and is no longer than 4 letters.

Until yesterday I have been using the free website caseconverter.com to convert longer names to small letters. I use this only if it will be quicker than retyping the name using the proper case. It does take some time to open the website, copy/paste the wrong name, press Proper Case, then copy the correct name, and then finally paste it onto Google Maps.

Here is one example:

BAJWA IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS in Melbourne. I can only speculate why they chose to use only All Caps in the business name. I select the name and copy “BAJWA IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS” to caseconverter.com and hit Proper Case. Then the name is changed to “Bajwa Immigration Consultants”. I select the correctly capitalized name and paste it onto Google Maps. This also prevents me from introducing any typos.

Give it a try:

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This has worked well for me for a couple of years now. It works on both desktop and mobile.

The new method

But yesterday I found an even faster method to use on mobile devices using Gboard as the Keyboard.

The article Got Gboard? 12 hidden shortcuts for faster Android Typing inspired me to use Gboard a lot smarter. Including the trick, I will explain below. As I bonus I also learned to use the Gboard dictionary to create a macro to type

"

Cheers

Morten"

a lot faster.

To explain how to quickly convert All Caps to Proper Case using Gboard I prepared this animation:

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You open the place, select the entire name, and press SHIFT twice. Then close the keyboard, hit Submit, and you are done! This could not be easier or faster. And typos are eliminated.

Enjoy.

This guide is part of the Local Guides Clean The Map Project

Get informed about the Top 6 Business Naming Violations here.

You may also find the Pro Mouse Tip for Editors interesting.

Cheers

Morten

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Wow, super! What a great time saving tip. Thanks for sharing!

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That’s really nice and useful tip @MortenCopenhagen

Thanks for sharing

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Nice time saving tip @MortenCopenhagen :clap:

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Hello @MortenCopenhagen ,

Thanks for sharing this fastest way of editing business name which are in caps. It does work. I have tried it by your method.

JAI HO!!!

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Great work, thanks for sharing

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@MortenCopenhagen Thank you very much for sharing this tip. It will definitely save time to contribute more.

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@MortenCopenhagen

Woh ! really smart.

Thanks and Regards

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Thank you so much @MortenCopenhagen for sharing this smart way of editing names,

especially the use of Gboard, it really makes work done very easily.

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Hi Guys,

I have an update on this topic related to fixing ALL CAPS in business names when using a Desktop computer.

I suggested using Caseconcerter.com earlier, but I have not been thrilled with it because it takes a lot of mouse clicks to fix a name. So I found an extension to Chrome that is named Change Case. You can find it here. And now I can fix Upper case names by pressing a single shortcut.

After installation, you need to select which shortcut you will want to use.

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As you can see, I chose Alt+x to convert selected text to Title case, meaning each word starts with a capital letter.

This is super convenient and fast.

Please give it a try, @Ankit_Raj @HsRawal @AnuradhaP @NABILazeez @Kumaarsantosh @JeroenM @JanVanHaver @Amiran @AZ_2021

Cheers

Morten

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This is great @MortenCopenhagen

Thank you

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Great find @MortenCopenhagen , I will give it a try.

Let’s now hope that business owners don’t find it to use a shortcut for UPPERCASE :crazy_face:

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Thanks @MortenCopenhagen for sharing this useful short cut. After adding Change Case extentions to Chrome, it worked for me. I have tried it for couple of Business’s name on desktop.

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Yasss you are amazing @MortenCopenhagen ! This is such a smart extension and such a timesaver! :clap:

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Thank you, @MortenCopenhagen for sharing the extension .
I tried, and it is working perfectly for me, and it’s really helpful, making the job very easy.

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I will try and get back to you.

Regards dear :pray:

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@MortenCopenhagen Thanks for your new trick. I have tried this new trick in Desktop. Working fine anywhere but not working in Google Map (while editing Name field, using shortcut). Please guide.

Regards

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Hi @HsRawal

Ups. I’m no expert on this extension. Did you remember to select the text?

Please see help here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lpakoahdokkkonadfppfgmednkknpgbm/support

You may need to specify the version and type of browser and operating system.

Best of luck and please report any progress.

Cheers

Morten

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@MortenCopenhagen Thanks for your quick response.

I am using Windows 11 Pro (Ver 23H2) and Google Chrome (Ver 120.0.6099.71). However, I will try to post in help centre.

Regards

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@MortenCopenhagen Thank you for the updae.

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