http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/28/from-google-local-to-the-world/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Sat, 25 May 2013 23:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/28/from-google-local-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:31:08 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10#comment-162 [...] First and foremost it is another push of local data out the main Google search window. This will continue to make Google Maps data more accessible to the average user and do so in a way that doesn’t disrupt the clean Google interface. This is consistent with previous Google behavior and my ideas about their long term strategy that I noted in the past. [...]

]]> http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/28/from-google-local-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Will free long distance service accelerate adoption? Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:51:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10#comment-40 [...] I and others (see Bill Slawski’s posts) have lamented the step child stature of Google Maps and Google’s apparent unwillingness to push it out to the consumer. It has always seemed to be such a valuable service that was hidden away and hard to find. Greg Sterling talked of the difficulties with the Coupon feature. I have noted how hard it is for a business to find their way into the Local Business Center. The Google Maps new Click to Call feature may be the feature that signals the tipping point in its adoption. [...]

]]> http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/28/from-google-local-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Best Practices for Local Success Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:14:49 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10#comment-34 [...] 1. Go to the Google Local Business Center (and the Yahoo equivalent) and control your record with correct information, remove all incorrect records and keep it updated. This will override, take precedence over and be more trusted than the default data from a commercial data provider. While there do the following: [...]

]]> http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/09/28/from-google-local-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Redemption in the Gilded Google Age Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:54:57 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10#comment-18 [...] In early October I wrote a post about achieving a “onebox” for a client on a valued search phrase (Vacation Rentals Ellicottville NY) BUT having the url Google had associated with the listing pointing to their competitor. After postulating conspiracies and incompetancies on the part of all but myself I determined that I had neglected to enter the client’s URL in the Local Business Center and Google, in its best guess, had made a not so harmless assumption. [...]

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