Comments on: Local Business Center Backend being updated http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 23 May 2012 14:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: martijn http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278655 martijn Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:10:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278655 btw. it will also be down on the 6th of november according to maps guide brian btw. it will also be down on the 6th of november according to maps guide brian

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278575 panzermike Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:04:48 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278575 So much for my wishful thinking of having served my time of almost a year of banishment and 30 percent loss in revenue since Maps started dominating the search results to the exclusion of NLS. The same message is back: "System Error We're sorry, but we are unable to serve your request at this time. Please try back in a few minutes. Try again | Return to previous page" In Google terms a few minutes apparently is months? Sorta like "town" Apparently town means the entire state under the Maps guidelines? Weird. So much for my wishful thinking of having served my time of almost a year of banishment and 30 percent loss in revenue since Maps started dominating the search results to the exclusion of NLS.

The same message is back:

“System Error
We’re sorry, but we are unable to serve your request at this time. Please try back in a few minutes.

Try again | Return to previous page”

In Google terms a few minutes apparently is months? Sorta like “town” Apparently town means the entire state under the Maps guidelines?

Weird.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278556 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:17:54 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278556 @Panzermike Well the difference is that Rckford was falsley imprisoned. Mike @Panzermike

Well the difference is that Rckford was falsley imprisoned.

Mike

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278553 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:15:10 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278553 @Martijn Well from my point of view that would be bad news if it is due to that. Google's strategy of relying on blogs & posts to the groups to identify high profile spam and then only removing that one piece of spam really is an abrogation of their responsibility. Effectively they have shifted the burden on to me or some other blogger to do what really should be done from a system design stand point. They should be engaged in continual improvement not marketing triage. Mike @Martijn

Well from my point of view that would be bad news if it is due to that.

Google’s strategy of relying on blogs & posts to the groups to identify high profile spam and then only removing that one piece of spam really is an abrogation of their responsibility. Effectively they have shifted the burden on to me or some other blogger to do what really should be done from a system design stand point. They should be engaged in continual improvement not marketing triage.

Mike

]]> By: Google Local Business Center awaiting updates : Local Search Optimization http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278549 Google Local Business Center awaiting updates : Local Search Optimization Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:08:04 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278549 [...] Local Business Center awaiting updates Mike was fast with his catch on the LBC awaiting an update! I wonder if it has something to do with his previous post that has drawn some attention. Anyway, [...] [...] Local Business Center awaiting updates Mike was fast with his catch on the LBC awaiting an update! I wonder if it has something to do with his previous post that has drawn some attention. Anyway, [...]

]]> By: martijn http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278547 martijn Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:04:03 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278547 hehe, maybe this was caused because you took over microsoft. and microsoft took over yahoo, etc. wishful thinking:P hehe, maybe this was caused because you took over microsoft. and microsoft took over yahoo, etc. wishful thinking:P

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/30/local-business-center-backend-being-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-278529 panzermike Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:59:49 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=1345#comment-278529 Hi. I saw this message too. Going on 2 hours now. Biting nails awaiting my re entry into Maps as the new and improved and rehabilitated Mapspammer ex con. I am beginning to understand how Jim Rockford must have felt. Hi.

I saw this message too. Going on 2 hours now. Biting nails awaiting my re entry into Maps as the new and improved and rehabilitated Mapspammer ex con.

I am beginning to understand how Jim Rockford must have felt.

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