Comments on: Does Google Maps hate Advertising Agencies? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 23 May 2012 02:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lacie Media » Why Citations Are Important to Your Local Business Listings http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-538534 Lacie Media » Why Citations Are Important to Your Local Business Listings Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:39:12 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-538534 [...] excellent “Understanding Google Maps and Yahoo Local” blog, highlights a humorous example of a mis-categorization of advertising agencies. The search engines have since done a pretty good job of cleaning up dramatic mistakes like this [...] [...] excellent “Understanding Google Maps and Yahoo Local” blog, highlights a humorous example of a mis-categorization of advertising agencies. The search engines have since done a pretty good job of cleaning up dramatic mistakes like this [...]

]]> By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: Don’t get pregnant in Wellsville | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-280254 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: Don’t get pregnant in Wellsville | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:31:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-280254 [...] Google Maps just gets it wrong. It is a large and complex system where a single switched byte makes all the [...] [...] Google Maps just gets it wrong. It is a large and complex system where a single switched byte makes all the [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-252093 Mike Blumenthal Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:39:22 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-252093 Dave- I guess this one got lost in the upgrade shuffle :) Mike Dave-

I guess this one got lost in the upgrade shuffle :)

Mike

]]> By: earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-252044 earlpearl Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:39:20 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-252044 This error is still showing in G maps. This error is still showing in G maps.

]]> By: David http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-250129 David Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:40:43 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-250129 Another reason you see low numbers on the Advertising/Marketing agencies is they don't get it! From an Internet Marketing stand point, many outsource, or they are still stuck in the "old" ways of doing business. I should know, I am slowly trying to get acceptance happening, sadly many here just think I am crazy... Another reason you see low numbers on the Advertising/Marketing agencies is they don’t get it! From an Internet Marketing stand point, many outsource, or they are still stuck in the “old” ways of doing business. I should know, I am slowly trying to get acceptance happening, sadly many here just think I am crazy…

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-249792 Mike Blumenthal Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:38:19 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-249792 Hi Dave I have seen the occasional agency listed in the Dallas search as well....they have managed to sneak in there from time to time. I haven't seen any significant changes. Mike Hi Dave

I have seen the occasional agency listed in the Dallas search as well….they have managed to sneak in there from time to time. I haven’t seen any significant changes.

Mike

]]> By: earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-249727 earlpearl Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:00:07 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-249727 Searches for advertising agencies Milwaukee and advertising agencies St Louis include a couple of real agencies within the 10-pack along with the usual assortment of totally unrelated answers. Hmmmm.....now they are messing with the mess. I wish they would be either consistently wrong or consistently right. :D Searches for advertising agencies Milwaukee and advertising agencies St Louis include a couple of real agencies within the 10-pack along with the usual assortment of totally unrelated answers.

Hmmmm…..now they are messing with the mess. I wish they would be either consistently wrong or consistently right. :D

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-249446 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:35:24 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-249446 Hi Dave Google must be pretty busy fixing things right now given the entries in the Google Maps for Business Group....coupons broken again, router incompatibilities, browser issues...it might be a while :) I have not seen any other of these "weird" types of results. Has anybody else? Hi Dave

Google must be pretty busy fixing things right now given the entries in the Google Maps for Business Group….coupons broken again, router incompatibilities, browser issues…it might be a while :)

I have not seen any other of these “weird” types of results. Has anybody else?

]]> By: earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-249442 earlpearl Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:08:12 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-249442 and the first review from the first ranked of "advertising agencies near Washington DC"......""<i>Lovely Hotel..... We spent 4 nights, splitting our stay between the Dulles WA Marriott Suites in Herndon to visit the Udvar Hazy Air ...</i>" Maybe Google believes the reviews are being written (faked) by advertising agencies. Maybe that is why this particular phrase is so off base. :D I wonder how long it will be before Google corrects this wierd representation in Maps. I also wonder how many other nonsensical lists for search phrases pop up in G Maps. Dave and the first review from the first ranked of “advertising agencies near Washington DC”……”"Lovely Hotel….. We spent 4 nights, splitting our stay between the Dulles WA Marriott Suites in Herndon to visit the Udvar Hazy Air …”

Maybe Google believes the reviews are being written (faked) by advertising agencies. Maybe that is why this particular phrase is so off base. :D

I wonder how long it will be before Google corrects this wierd representation in Maps.

I also wonder how many other nonsensical lists for search phrases pop up in G Maps.

Dave

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-does-google-maps-have-against-advertising-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-249300 Mike Blumenthal Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:49:49 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=698#comment-249300 Hi Paisley Thanks for posting... The search for "agency" works in all cities. It is the search for "agencies" that returns to bizarre results: The search for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=advertising+agencies+Dallas+Tx&btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">advertising agencies Dallas Tx</a> returns a lawyer, bailbondman, a symphony and a market center. It does have a more advertising agencies than NY or SF, though. Mike Hi Paisley

Thanks for posting…

The search for “agency” works in all cities. It is the search for “agencies” that returns to bizarre results:

The search for advertising agencies Dallas Tx returns a lawyer, bailbondman, a symphony and a market center. It does have a more advertising agencies than NY or SF, though.

Mike

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