Add Google to your Listing Scan – Yext Help

In order for the Listing Scan to search for your potential client’s Google My Business listings, you must add your Google Places API key to Yext.

To add Google to your Listing Scan:

Create a Project in the Google Developer Console.
1. Log into the Google Developer Console.
2. Click Library in the sidebar.
3. Click Select a project in the upper-left corner. A dialog box appears.
  - If you don't see Select a project, click on the project name in the upper-left corner.
4. Click New Project.
5. Enter a Project Name.
6. Click Create.
Enable the Google Places Web Service API.
1. Click on the project name in the upper-left corner. A dialog box appears.
2. Select your project and click Open.
3. Search for: Places API.
4. Click on the Places API card.
5. Click Enable.
Add credentials to your project.
1. Click Credentials at the top of the page.
2. Click Create credentials. A dialog box appears.
3. Select API Key.
4. Click Restrict key.
5. Enter a name for the key (e.g., Yext API Key).
6. Select IP addresses (web servers, cron jobs, etc.).
7. Enter the following IP addresses in separate text boxes. Press the enter key after adding each IP address to create a new text box.
  - 70.42.219.0/24
  - 64.94.163.176/28
  - 216.52.179.64/26
  - 216.52.128.128/28
8. Click Save.
Obtain your API key.
Increase your quota.
1. Click Quotas.
2. Navigate to Requests at the bottom of the page.
3. Click on the pencil icon next to Requests per day. A dialog box appears.
4. Enter the desired quota limit in the textbox.
  - Note: In order to increase the daily quota you must enable billing. For more information, see Google’s Create, Modify, or Close Your Billing Account article.
5. Click Save.
  - For each Listing Scan that you or your clients perform, the scan will generate 4 requests to the Google Places API. Google gives each account a quota of 11,000 requests per month free of charge.
  - For more information, see Google’s APIs and Billing article.
Add the API key to your Yext account.
1. Log into your Yext account.

Partner Portal

Navigate to the Account tab in your portal and skip to step d.

Hover over your name in the top navigation bar and click Account Settings.
Click Account in the Partner Settings section of the sidebar.
Click on the Google Places API Key field and enter your API key.