Comments on: Google Maps: Melbourne Web Designers – A Mosh pit of Decay http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 24 May 2012 12:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: matthew hunt http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-571270 matthew hunt Tue, 15 May 2012 16:44:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-571270 wow what a mess. great example of what not to do though. surprised GP is still showing up on front page for website design in Melbourne. wow what a mess. great example of what not to do though. surprised GP is still showing up on front page for website design in Melbourne.

]]> By: Emma Watson http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-513279 Emma Watson Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:47:43 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-513279 Ah ! GOD knows better why Google is not serious about removing these listings, but one thing is sure that we the users are the real victims and some body out of us is requied to start a comprehensive compaign to motivate Google to take stern steps in this regard. Ah ! GOD knows better why Google is not serious about removing these listings, but one thing is sure that we the users are the real victims and some body out of us is requied to start a comprehensive compaign to motivate Google to take stern steps in this regard.

]]> By: Chuck Fakhoury http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-510917 Chuck Fakhoury Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:07:28 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-510917 Pretty great post. I just came upon your web site and wanted to point out that I've truly enjoyed browsing your blog content. I'll be opting-in for your feed and I hope you publish another post again shortly! Pretty great post. I just came upon your web site and wanted to point out that I’ve truly enjoyed browsing your blog content. I’ll be opting-in for your feed and I hope you publish another post again shortly!

]]> By: Laura Chase http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-505812 Laura Chase Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:39:52 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-505812 Excellent article! Is it just me or have I just recently seen Google clean up some of the worst "local results"? On Saturday July 10th, I noticed several local spammy listings for local Minneapolis florists had been removed. Awesome, I hope they don't make a comeback. Good on you Google, finally after years of seeing national floral call centers popping up as local florists, it seems mostly real local biz is listed instead. Its not just locksmiths and web designers, florists have been trying to get the "crumbs" as well. Thanks Excellent article! Is it just me or have I just recently seen Google clean up some of the worst “local results”? On Saturday July 10th, I noticed several local spammy listings for local Minneapolis florists had been removed. Awesome, I hope they don’t make a comeback. Good on you Google, finally after years of seeing national floral call centers popping up as local florists, it seems mostly real local biz is listed instead. Its not just locksmiths and web designers, florists have been trying to get the “crumbs” as well. Thanks

]]> By: Andy Kuiper http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-504102 Andy Kuiper Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:30:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-504102 ROFL ;-) Mike: Gotta love getstarted.com's moxie utilizing "TIGHTHEADBANDS.com" -- Andy :-) ROFL ;-)
Mike: Gotta love getstarted.com’s moxie utilizing “TIGHTHEADBANDS.com” — Andy :-)

]]> By: Kyle Kazak http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-504094 Kyle Kazak Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:03:10 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-504094 @Mike, Nice story, I was wondering where you were going with the story about the bar :) @Stever It does seem that Australia's algorthem is mildly different than the one in the US. The only time I can pull up web designers or seo in a map pack is by using the words "near" or "in" between the search term and the geographic location. It guess that those words show or prove geographic intent? @Mike,

Nice story, I was wondering where you were going with the story about the bar :)

@Stever
It does seem that Australia’s algorthem is mildly different than the one in the US. The only time I can pull up web designers or seo in a map pack is by using the words “near” or “in” between the search term and the geographic location. It guess that those words show or prove geographic intent?

]]> By: Mal Milligan http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-504065 Mal Milligan Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:48:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-504065 [It would become a mosh pit of human wants and needs with a frenzy of negotiation and resolution.] Sounds like Congress when the Special Interest Groups are in town... I had dominated the local listings in my small town in NJ for SEO and Web Design for quite a while... thanks for mentioning the powers at Google eliminated the US maps for some of these categories. I had not noticed it until you mentioned it. You know with the "sponsored" listings on Maps now I would think they would be willing to make 6 to 10 bucks a click for those categories now... but I guess with 90% of the clicks being done by competitors they would get a lot of complaints about it. [It would become a mosh pit of human wants and needs with a frenzy of negotiation and resolution.] Sounds like Congress when the Special Interest Groups are in town… I had dominated the local listings in my small town in NJ for SEO and Web Design for quite a while… thanks for mentioning the powers at Google eliminated the US maps for some of these categories. I had not noticed it until you mentioned it. You know with the “sponsored” listings on Maps now I would think they would be willing to make 6 to 10 bucks a click for those categories now… but I guess with 90% of the clicks being done by competitors they would get a lot of complaints about it.

]]> By: Jim Rudnick http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-504030 Jim Rudnick Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:54:11 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-504030 Further to this thread, Mike...I found the following article over at SmartCompany, on BlackHat SEO...and one of the examples is "Melbourne window cleaning"..... http://www.smartcompany.com.au/internet/the-dark-art-of-blackhat-seo.html Great read too, tho a bit basic on what BlackHat is, but the examples given were nice to see and to still test as true.... .au appears to be very well "spammed" when it comes to google guidelines, eh? but to be fair, there's tons of others here in .ca land too! :-) Jim Further to this thread, Mike…I found the following article over at SmartCompany, on BlackHat SEO…and one of the examples is “Melbourne window cleaning”…..

http://www.smartcompany.com.au/internet/the-dark-art-of-blackhat-seo.html

Great read too, tho a bit basic on what BlackHat is, but the examples given were nice to see and to still test as true….

.au appears to be very well “spammed” when it comes to google guidelines, eh? but to be fair, there’s tons of others here in .ca land too!

:-)

Jim

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-503843 Mike Blumenthal Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:07:04 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-503843 @earlpearl For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the bar although not for lack of trying! @Jim I posted it so that it would show up at the end of the business day in Au and at the beginning of the business day in Europe. It's one o'clock somewhere. :) @earlpearl
For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the bar although not for lack of trying!

@Jim
I posted it so that it would show up at the end of the business day in Au and at the beginning of the business day in Europe. It’s one o’clock somewhere. :)

]]> By: Jim Rudnick http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/07/07/google-maps-melbourne-web-designers-a-mosh-pit-of-decay/comment-page-1/#comment-503836 Jim Rudnick Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:39:28 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=6877#comment-503836 3:30 am Mike? wow...you must'a closed the local pub and THEN felt like blogging.... great post tho...and IMHO, .au aint the only place, eh! :-) Jim 3:30 am Mike? wow…you must’a closed the local pub and THEN felt like blogging….

great post tho…and IMHO, .au aint the only place, eh!

:-)

Jim

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