Comments on: Google Maps UI upgrade: Places page replaces Tabbed Interface

By: Kennstdueinen.de Blog

Kennstdueinen.de Blog — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:30:33 +0000

Google Maps: Hyperlokale Blogs & News auf den ‘place pages’…

Google place pages – “Eine Seite für jeden Ort der Welt” Als “eine Seite für jeden Ort der Welt” wurden die neuen ‘Google place pages‘ vollmundig angekündigt. Google hat damit auf einen Schlag den lokalen Such….

By: Google Maps: Now Adding Reviews from News Sites, Hyperlocal Blogs and Other Non Traditional Review Sources | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:33:43 +0000

[...] With their newly implemented sentiment analysis, Google Maps is apparently now reaching across hyperlocal blogs, local portals and news sites and retrieving blog entries, general editorial reporting and even blog comments for inclusion as reviews on their Places Pages. [...]

By: Blocking And Tackling: 10 Fundamentals Of Local SEO

Blocking And Tackling: 10 Fundamentals Of Local SEO — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:29:03 +0000

[...] websites linking to them and not you. Google is now displaying categories publicly as part of Place Pages. See how they’re listing themselves and ask yourself if there’s anything you can learn from [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:55:11 +0000

@Bob

Yes, it is more transparent and makes looking at categories better but doing record to record comparisons are much more difficult

By: Bob Sommers

Bob Sommers — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:28 +0000

I think the idea of showing categories is great. It certainly makes doing a competitive analysis much easier.

By: Google Places Pages & IE8 Display Bug | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:21 +0000

[...] in the Google Maps forums detailing a display bug when viewing Google’s recently introduced Places pages in IE [...]

By: Google Maps: Six reasons why your listing might “go South” & some tips to cope | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:51 +0000

[...] has been a time of great change in Google Maps with new technology and processes rolling out at a torrid pace. Part of that change has apparently resulted in some [...]

By: Google Replaces Tele Atlas Data in US with Google StreetView Data | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:01:51 +0000

[...] has been a lot of activity of late in Google Maps with rollout of Places and its attendant controversy, tests of the new Local Listing Ads, Ads in the iPhone, Streetview in [...]

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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:09 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:24:08 +0000

In looking at this the one big concern I have is for businesses that do not have ownership of their local business listing on Google. It looks to me like anyone can edit the business information. Like the address, website, category of the business etc.

I started to do this for a business listing that was not owned, but stopped short of trying to do this:
http://edcallender.com/2009/10/01/stop-others-from-editing-your-business-on-google/

Is what I see possible?