Comments on: The Basics of Listing for Success http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/27/the-basics-of-listing-for-success/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » The road to Google Maps Nirvhana is paved with good intentions http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/27/the-basics-of-listing-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » The road to Google Maps Nirvhana is paved with good intentions Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:45:55 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9#comment-12 [...] I experimented with tweaking our own listing and in our first listed category out of the 5 categories I had entered we succeeded in having our local listing include a map (and exclude other local listings from the front page). I obviously followed my own instructions and was able to achieve this ideal placement but do not fully understand exactly why the listing was upgraded from the normal 3 local text links that appear on the main search result. [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/27/the-basics-of-listing-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:05:21 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9#comment-8 Barry

Thanks for coming, commenting and possibly collaborating. I look forward too (and feel that there is a desparate need) for collaboration in this area. It is a big suject and will take many people’s contribution to truly get their hands around the subject.

Mike

]]> By: bwelford http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/27/the-basics-of-listing-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-7 bwelford Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:51:27 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9#comment-7 Great to see your blog, Mike, found via Bill Slawski’s SEO by the Sea. I agree 100% that this is one of the most important areas for search, particularly with the explosive growth in the Mobile Internet, as Raffi said on another topic. I look forward with interest to coming topics and will certainly add my 2 cents when appropriate.

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