Comments on: Is Google Showing the Authoritative OneBox More Often?

By: New Local Listing Ad Layout & Whatever Happened to the 7-Pack for Web Designers? « Regurgitation

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:09 +0000

[...] aware of the issue and has classified it as a bug. It appears that it was related to the previous problem of the OneBox showing too much. Here is Google’s response on [...]

By: New Local Listing Ad Layout & Whatever Happened to the 7-Pack for Web Designers? | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:01:44 +0000

[...] aware of the issue and has classified it as a bug. It appears that it was related to the previous problem of the OneBox showing too much. Here is Google’s response on [...]

By: Has Google Maps Fixed the OneBox Problem? | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +0000

[...] August, there had been numerous complaints in the forums (here, here, here, here) and in this blog that Google has been increasingly presenting the Authoritative OneBox on more general searches that [...]

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:17:33 +0000

I have experienced the same issue: where a general search for “social security disability attorneys Dallas Texas used to bring up the 10-pack, now a competitor has the Authoritative One Box. In the form 10-pack I was the only attorney with reviews, all being good. What in the world is going on with Google?

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:17:12 +0000

After talking to Google’s head of Universal Search at SMX, I’m convinced that the onebox showing up at obviously wrong times are all glitches. He acknowledged that Universal Search map listings need to be improved and sometimes return the onebox falsely.

I’ve been having onebox issues with a few of my clients and I’m going to try and pump up my listings to see itf I can break the onebox strangelehold.

Btw, this post and the comments have been very insightful. Thanks to all for sharing their knowledge.

By: Big Boobs Bounce Back to Top of Google Maps | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:21 +0000

[...] was showing for this very broad search for Breast Augmentation New Jersey . Not only was it a single listing on a broad category search which has been a topic of recent concern, it showed for a statewide search [...]

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:28:24 +0000

@Erik

I think that you need to build out the listing strength for one or two of the other locations and break back into your own branded 10-Pack

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:04:14 +0000

Has anyone noticed that more weight is being placed on listings that have been claimed by the business owner?

Based on the few examples above – ‘San Diego computer repair’, ‘Calgary acupuncture’ and ‘Ottawa computer rental’ these listings have all gained one box status due to the pin verification. I have a major hotel chain that has multiple locations in each city, but now only one location is displaying where in the past all relevant location would appear. That was for a brand search as well. As you can imagine the client is concerned with limited visibility for their other location on a BRAND search!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:12:17 +0000

@Brian

Thank you for your brief and insightful summary.

By: Brian Carter

Brian Carter — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:11:04 +0000

It’s all been said, which makes it even more ok for me to just say that in my professional technical opinion, this one-box cr*p is BS. Ten pack is the way to go.