Comments on: Facebook Places – Where are they?

By: micaheath

micaheath — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:51:07 +0000

@jennifer

Could be a number of reasons. People do it in Google places to service and show up in areas that they are not actually located, national business’s trying to create a local presence, whatever intention these spammers have, it’s nice to see FB putting things in place to try and keep it from happening!

By: jennifer t1

jennifer t1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:29:32 +0000

@michaheath

I did not realize there was an issue with people adding fake businesses. What would the purpose of that be?

By: John Parkes

John Parkes — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:32:28 +0000

Anyone know when FB places is hitting Europe?

By: micaheath

micaheath — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:36:37 +0000

@James

It is definitely the most stringent I have come across as well, but I actually like this quite a bit. It will help keep the spam and fake businesses out. Thus making FB Places a very reliable source for users of business information, this will definitely give them a leg up over Google.

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:31:40 +0000

FB’s process to claim your business place is more stringent than any I’ve encountered so far. They require some sort of official document proving that the business is legit.

By: Frank Lewis

Frank Lewis — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:29 +0000

The issue may in deed, at least in part reside with Localeze. I first noticed incorrect data on specific publishers which whom they partner more than a year ago. At that point I began a more precise test and review and I have found two major issues. One, modifications either don’t override existing data or two, complete records fail to activate within their distribution network. Now, in all fairness, maybe a publisher uses more than one source and where they might require multiple sources for reaffirmation. But I think it’s up to Localeze to come forth and address the issue. In the meantime, I have simply stopped using them as a vendor.

By: Micaheath

Micaheath — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:01:33 +0000

@GreG
Actually you can log into FB Places from a desktop at touch.facebook.com, there is some limited functionality though…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:56:30 +0000

@Nick
I am not yet sure that it is a decision or a technical flaw…hoping to find that out.

@Kelly
Yes adding it is not difficult IF you have a cell phone

@Jim

I think it more likely a technical limitation than a policy but I am not yet positive.

@Matt
Could you be a bit more specific what you are seeing where?

@Micaheath
The problem is widespread. It is not clear how deeply it goes. IE It is not yet clear what % of Localeze listings didn’t make it in.

By: Micaheath

Micaheath — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:46:45 +0000

None of my company’s 13 locations were listed on FB places even though they are all listed in Localeze. No clue as to why though, sorry.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:46:38 +0000

Sorry to be off topic, but I’ve noticed some interesting things going on in Google Places today that I thought I’d share. Looks like there is now an edit source for listings with edits that have or have not been verified. Here’s a few examples I’ve found in the wild (does anyone have a clue what these mean?)

Added on Aug 23, 2010 2:55pm
Edit Source : Bot, Sesame, Trusted

Tag removed on Sep 1, 2010 6:08pm by Google Moderator Anderson
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