Comments on: Local Data Accuracy- a veritable beehive

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:09:42 +0000

@Terry
Welcome. Glad that you have found it worthwhile. Folks like you are ultimately what make it worthwhile. So look around, get current and let everybody know your experiences with current issues.

Mike

By: Terry Adams

Terry Adams — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:06:07 +0000

Hey so I just found your blog on accident and I must admit that Ive been reading for the last half hour. Great site.

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » How accurate is Google Maps data?

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:06:50 +0000

[...] Bill Slawski and I have written about the issue of data accuracy as has Greg Sterling. It was (is) my contention that the data will improve in accuracy over time due to the self interest of the many parties involved. As I noted several months ago, the last step in that process would be getting small businesses directly involved in correcting their own record. That is starting to happen with the increased visibility of the Local OneBox. [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Google responds to geolocation issues

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:57:42 +0000

[...] There is a more than a little irony in Google’s “official response” to the complaints about problems with the underlying geo-location data (italics are mine for emphasis): [...]

By: A Google Approach to Improving Location Information Accuracy -- SEO by the SEA

A Google Approach to Improving Location Information Accuracy -- SEO by the SEA — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:20:15 +0000

[...] As Mike Blumenthal has written about on Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local, there are some issues with the location information that Google provides for organizations, in his post Local Data Accuracy- a veritable beehive. [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Greg Sterling’s Summary of Local Search Dollars

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:40:07 +0000

[...] For now, Local is a niche within a niche and it will remain so for a while. In some ways though, this is not such a bad thing (other than hundreds of startups going out of business), in that much of the data and the interfaces are not quite ready for prime time…when they are they will be adopted and used and the revenue opportunities will be evident. « Local Data Accuracy- a veritable beehive Comscore’s numbers on mobile search » [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:44:29 +0000

Hi Mike,

I hadn’t visited the group, but it sounds like a good idea to give people a chance to provide feedback.

I do think that Google is being forced to reconsider how they get at some of the information that they are using.