Update 12:50 5/18
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| The Google Local Business Center is unavailable for the next hour We appreciate your patience as we perform some routine system maintenance. More specifically, we’re updating ‘the backend’ (to employ that catchy, catchall moniker coined and lent to us by engineering folks who work on all of the technical fiddly bits behind the scenes but know we communications folks can’t very well say ‘We’re updating all of the technical fiddly bits behind the scenes’ and expect you, an enlightened Google user, to take us seriously or at least not wonder aloud ‘ Wait, what sort of bits were those again?’). So please check back in sixty minutes. Maybe less, considering the time you’ve invested in deciphering this message. |
This was published in the Google Maps Help Forum at 7:30 on 5/15:
We’re planning scheduled downtime for the Local Business Center on Monday, May 18, at around 12:30pm EDT for approximately two hours. During this time, you will not be able to access your Local Business Center account.
Thanks for your patience,
I do not remember too many times when the LBC has been formally shut down even for 2 hours. Is it the fix to the merging issues? Something else? Check back.
Hey maybe they will fix a recent problem I have noticed….buying links to rank in Maps!!
I am seeing people paying….yes…paying to rank in Maps. It is no different that buying links. Think about it. Pay yellowpages dot com 200 a month and voila there you are in the ten packs.
Comment by panzermike (215 comments) — May 17, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
I really hope they are gonna sort out the some of the blatant spamming that is going on in Google Local.
Comment by bobthebuilder (10 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 5:04 am
And the truth is interesting is ??? connected, wait and see what will happen next …
Comment by Roman (1 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 7:01 am
@panzermike
What makes you think so?
@BobTheBuilder
Well I think everyone wishes the same but I wonder why they would need to take down the LBC to do that?
@Roman
yes, lets check back at 2:30 EDT
Comment by Mike (2485 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 7:24 am
I trully hope this update solve problem (not the opposite…)
Comment by darkpf (1 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 7:49 am
@darkpf
Don’t we all
Comment by Mike (2485 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 10:16 am
@Blumenthals:
Due to the fact that the only listings ranking well, seem to all have Yellow listings. And other businesses that dont are all now on like page 300 after the last update.
Comment by panzermike (215 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 11:50 am
@Panzermike
Could you send along the Google query where you are seeing that?
Comment by Mike Blumenthal (1088 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
I’d definitely be interested in seeing hard evidence that paid listings in Yellow Pages sites carry more validity to the Google Maps algorithm than the free listings (or that either carries any validity at all.)
Comment by Melissa (10 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
how do you buy listing in the local business maps ?
Comment by bob (13 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
@bob
You can’t buy listings in Google Maps.
Comment by Melissa (10 comments) — May 18, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
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Pingback by Google Maps: Local Business Center Online - Merging Problem Improved? » Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — May 18, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
@all. Yes I will. Give till later tomorrow. Out of office till then.
Another issue I am having, is despite number one listings for many keywords in Local, the ten packs are not showing them. Do you think it could be left over blocking code from when my listing was banned?
Perhaps the algo is blocking me from ten pack display for my most necessary keywords such as “Los Angeles Injury Lawyers”
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=los%20angeles%20injury%20lawyers&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS273US273&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl
http://www.google.com/search?q=los+angeles+injury+lawyers&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS273US273
Comment by panzermike (215 comments) — May 19, 2009 @ 1:55 am
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Pingback by Google Maps LBC Changes & Upgrades » Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — May 20, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
Almost all of these top ten listings are yellow pages dot com. I got mine by the old fashioned way of manual submissions to everything in the world I could find.
I think my data mashup is better. But here you go.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS273US273&q=injury+attorney+in+los+angeles&btnG=Search
Comment by panzermike (215 comments) — May 20, 2009 @ 9:58 pm