The Google AdWords blog announced they will soon begin transitioning away from Google’s local business ads to the new location extensions AdWords product. Google did not say when exactly the transition will be forced on advertisers, but did promise to give advertisers “plenty of time to get familiar with the new feature.”
Google set up a special page for advertisers to learn about the transition to location extensions. Google is offering two methods of transition. The first method is a do it yourself with this five step by step guide and the second would be to let Google do it for you. If you do nothing, Google will automatically migrate your ads over in the “coming weeks.”