Comments on: Local Links of Interest http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/07/06/local-links-of-interest-81/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/07/06/local-links-of-interest-81/comment-page-1/#comment-403605 Mike Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:58:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=4020#comment-403605 Hi Matt The impact will be felt regardless if and when Google brings real estate listings back to the front page. Hi Matt

The impact will be felt regardless if and when Google brings real estate listings back to the front page.

]]> By: Matt McGee http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/07/06/local-links-of-interest-81/comment-page-1/#comment-403424 Matt McGee Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:33:17 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=4020#comment-403424 Mike -- here's the Google announcement detailing the changes: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/07/improving-real-estate-search-on-google.html Mike — here’s the Google announcement detailing the changes:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/07/improving-real-estate-search-on-google.html

]]> By: Matt McGee http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/07/06/local-links-of-interest-81/comment-page-1/#comment-403421 Matt McGee Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:27:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=4020#comment-403421 Mike - you're right that the real estate search is pretty much buried in Google Maps, but I'd disagree with the notion that it's a "minor change" in presentation. Google Maps used to show the typical A-J listings with a couple refinements available via drop-down menus. It now shows the A-J listings, the "pepperoni pizza" results with tons of extra red dots on the map, and has a real estate specific search tool that mirrors a lot of real estate search sites, minus the Search By MLS option. If this works for users, you could imagine a variation of it being rolled out onto Google.com itself... Mike – you’re right that the real estate search is pretty much buried in Google Maps, but I’d disagree with the notion that it’s a “minor change” in presentation. Google Maps used to show the typical A-J listings with a couple refinements available via drop-down menus. It now shows the A-J listings, the “pepperoni pizza” results with tons of extra red dots on the map, and has a real estate specific search tool that mirrors a lot of real estate search sites, minus the Search By MLS option. If this works for users, you could imagine a variation of it being rolled out onto Google.com itself…

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