Comments on: Ranking Factors in Google Maps – Cracking the Code SMX Local

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By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:42:23 +0000

Yes, the model is still sound. I have over the past several years added and enhanced some of my understanding.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:56:41 +0000

@James

Dev of Powersearch has done this: http://www.poweredbysearch.com/local-seo-citation-sources-us/

By: James Neil

James Neil — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:35:56 +0000

I’d like to see someone compile a List of the Top 10 IYP and the Top Data Directories where a new business listing should list take the time to detail their company profile and the pitfalls for not doing so.

I keep reading that Citations are the new Link for local search and that consistency matters quite a bit when populating a new citation.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:10:34 +0000

@Nick

I think the model is essentially sound and still the foundation of ranking that being said I do believe that google has added more ranking factors and prioritized others that are not currently showing on the chart…

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:46:50 +0000

Wow, very interesting read here. I stumbled upon this while surfing over at David Mihm’s site and have to say I am extremely impressed with the level of detail here. Nice job.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:02:26 +0000

Thank you for such helpful research. It is an eyeopener.

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By: Pratish

Pratish — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:27:55 +0000

You have presented an awesome research as a simple beautiful slides.
Goals of the research like Quantify the critical factors in ranking, Understand what we know for sure, Understand what we think we know and what we need to learn, Establish protocol and questions for additional research, So that we can develop best practice marketing that is honest AND cost effective based on facts were good. I’d seen the link to this post in many other blogs and thereby it sure your research was a very successful one. Congrats Mike, you have done a great thing

By: LocalTail

LocalTail — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:31 +0000

This is a great document, and according to experience is still highly relevant even a year and a half later. Love it, thanks!