Comments on: Google to Offer Local Business Center Webinar to SMBs

By: Does the Separation of Google Maps and Google Local Portend a Divorce from infoUSA? | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Thu, 27 May 2010 13:27:07 +0000

[...] outreach to SMBs. These efforts included the Favorite Places campaign, the Favorite Places Decal, Webinars and outreach like GetListed Local University (full disclosure: I help organize this event). This is [...]

By: Weekly Search & Social News: 04/13/2010 | Search Engine Journal

Weekly Search & Social News: 04/13/2010 | Search Engine Journal — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:24:30 +0000

[...] Google to Offer Local Business Center Webinar to SMBs – Mike Blumenthal [...]

By: Maciej

Maciej — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:59:51 +0000

Yeah Google local business listing probably doesn’t require a great deal of attention on their part to fix flaws because people will use it regardless.

By: attacat_han

attacat_han — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:23:30 +0000

I think it’s great that Google are encouraging SMBs to get listed in the LBC – maybe that means Google will spend a bit more time fixing the problems with it.
I have been adding businesses to the LBC for a while now, but for some reason I’m experiencing some real issues with it at the moment, like Google merging two listings into one so it uses the title of one branch but the address of another!
I hope they will have a support team ready, I can’t imagine I’m the only one needing someone to sort out technical issues.

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Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:06:04 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:49:23 +0000

@Gem Getlisted.org Local U (which is what I presume you are referring to) is first and foremost an educational platform. There is no lead referral as part of its activities. Google and Bing are sponsors of the event so that they can meet and interact with SMBs and better understand the marketplace. The registration form mentioned above in the article is Google's alone and reflects their sole direct effort at SMB education around the Local Business Center

By: Gem

Gem — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:50:55 +0000

Isn’t GetListed.org just an effort to create leads for online marketing companies? Why would Google have you fill out a registration form that is not attached to them directly? Google maps already has direct access to and markets to countless SMBs so this seems odd.

By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 6, 2010

SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 6, 2010 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:02:08 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:51:09 +0000

@Nick

Other than what was mentioned in the pre-signup form above, we don’t really know.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:50:14 +0000

Other than what was mentioned on the “pre-sign up” form, we don’t really know.