Comments on: Google LBC: Support to Be Available to Local Listing Ad Customers

By: jennifer t1

jennifer t1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:26:46 +0000

I’ve heard that you have to spend 10k a month on Google Adwords in order to even get a dedicated rep, let alone any type of support. That really leaves SMBs out of the market.

I also overheard a conversation at dinner the other night about how a large business was paying Google 35k a month for top positioning as a local listing in Google maps. I didn’t realize this was even a service you could buy. When I hear someone talking about “Google” and “Support” in the same sentence, I always take it with a grain of salt. Seems like Google really only supports the big spenders. . .

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:45:12 +0000

@Frank
I don’t know. I was heading that way and got stuck in traffic after buying 3 dozen bialys at Kossars and didn’t make it.

By: Frank Wenz

Frank Wenz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:54:27 +0000

Agree, that this is an exciting product that will appeal to many SMB’s in it’s simplicity.

However this has to be promoted and sold, as any other flat-fee-product in the YP/directory-world. G’s self-service-offers do not help here. And wether sales agencies/YPs/publisher may help remains t be seen. After all, this is the market Gs after.

@ Mike: Did you or anyone else cover Frederick speaking on this at the Q&A session at SMX East? Any info whether G want’s to roll out to Europe?

By: Joan van Hilten

Joan van Hilten — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:38:02 +0000

This is an interesting – welcome upgrade.

I’m currently trying to play around in the LBC to see if I can get the tab to show up… but alas not yet.
So perhaps I need to have a listing already in the regions offered and then try to do the Ad.

We live in interesting Google times.

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By: Rcard

Rcard — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:17:47 +0000

At least that discussion is on the table, with hopes of implementation.
Can’t wait for it to be available in Canada!

By: NickG

NickG — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:12:41 +0000

@MikeB

intresting change of events for google local in the past 24 hours..your thoughts oh prophet of the google gods