Update 9/9/09: Viewers have spotted in India(!), Italy & UK as well. But still no reports from Canada 
Martijn Beijk (Local Search Optimization) and Arjan Snaterse (Technical SEO Blog) have informed me that Google, starting late yesterday, has been rolling out the Local Business Center data rich Dashboard across Europe. Martijn noted on Twitter that he had seen “listings in Netherlands and Spain and they were active 4 both of these countries. Usually this means a big rollout.”
The data rich dashboard for the LBC was rolled out in June of this year in the US. Since that time stats have been missing outside the US since that time. Can Canada be far behind?
Great to see this. One thing I missed however was the traffic directions report?
Comment by Martijn Beijk (59 comments) — October 8, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
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LBC Dashboard is visible in India too (Finally !!)
Comment by Kunal (2 comments) — October 8, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
Kunal
That’s great, now if we could only get Jim Rudnick his stats in Canada, all would be well with the world.
Comment by Mike (2500 comments) — October 9, 2009 @ 1:32 am
Yes I confirm
LBC Dashboard is visible in Italy too (Finally !!)
One screenshot from Italy
http://www.giorgiotave.it/forum/google-maps/123989-nuovo-local-business-center.html
Comment by Luca (9 comments) — October 9, 2009 @ 3:16 am
Yes I can confirm that in the UK as well – it would be great if the stats were available for longer than a month.
Comment by Dan (27 comments) — October 9, 2009 @ 6:06 am
I’m telling you someone in Mountainview clearly has a bone to pick with the great white north.
Comment by Dev Basu (24 comments) — October 11, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
It does seem to be everywhere but Canada doesn’t it. I would not think it a plot on the part of Google unless it shows up in Peru or Ecuador before you guys get it.
Comment by Mike (2500 comments) — October 11, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
It is not everywhere yet.. we are still missing out in Denmark unfortunately.
Comment by Rasmus (9 comments) — October 12, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
Rasmus
Thanks for the update. Do you know about the other scandanavian countries?
Comment by Mike (2500 comments) — October 12, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
@Mike
Not to my knowledge – we haven’t seen it here yet.
Comment by Rasmus (9 comments) — October 13, 2009 @ 3:01 am
@Rasmus
It appears that you are in the same category (or lack there of) as Canada. The odd men out as it were.
Well, given a choice, I would rather have single payer, national health care than the data rich Dashboard.
Mike
Comment by Mike Blumenthal (1960 comments) — October 13, 2009 @ 6:57 am
@mike
Me too – though some how I’m not sure everyone of our clients feel that way
Comment by Rasmus (9 comments) — October 13, 2009 @ 7:01 am
@Rasmus
Just remind them that I am paying upwards of 20% of my income annually for the privilege of not going bankrupt due to emergency medical bills, that should quiet them for a while
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When I add up the life time costs of the little stuff (healthcare, college education, retirement) your taxes don’t look so high after all.
Comment by Mike (2500 comments) — October 13, 2009 @ 7:24 am
@mike
- I’ll include your quote in our next offer – and see if that has an effect
And I can only agree on your view on taxes – even though they are extreemly high…
Comment by Rasmus (9 comments) — October 13, 2009 @ 10:24 am
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