Comments on: Google Places Coupons Now Integrating Coupons from CitySearch http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Sat, 25 May 2013 23:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Google Coupons Joining the Witness Protection Program as Google Offers | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-541184 Google Coupons Joining the Witness Protection Program as Google Offers | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:32:15 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-541184 [...] Support person via robo mail to re-up an existing coupon and in September, it became apparent that Google was syndicating coupons from [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-532425 Mike Blumenthal Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:31:20 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-532425 @Frank

I have finally found a Valpak coupon in Maps. So it appears that they are still there.

Since Google has removed the coupon search functionality it is difficult to find them

]]> By: Frank Lewis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-532342 Frank Lewis Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:56:02 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-532342 New coupons from Valpak advertisers had been added on a nightly basis to ensure the most recent offers are available immediately to consumers according to a VP at Valpak. I do know that Valpac coupons were posted as recently as 60 days ago. I wonder if Google has eliminated the Valpac offers altogether maybe due to the addition of the Google paid tags feature?

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-531067 Mike Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:48:08 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-531067 @Frank

You are absolutely right that Google has long had an arrangement with ValPac. It dates back to August 2006.

Historically ValPaK created or uploaded coupons to Google via bulk upload and thus they were Google Coupons.

This coupon appears somewhat unusual to me in that it originates at CitySearch.

Is Google now using ValPak coupons from a feed or a scrape? I would love to see one in Places as I am having a hard time finding them.

]]> By: Frank Lewis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-531062 Frank Lewis Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:37:27 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-531062 FYI – Google has a similar arrangement with Valpac which dates back more than a year.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-530637 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:08:34 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-530637 @Andy

Yes, it was a good chance for me to better understand what I was seeing as well. It doesn’t appear that CitySearch applies the full range of information in the markup that they could.

]]> By: Andy Kuiper http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/09/17/google-places-coupons-now-integrating-open-graph-coupons-from-citysearch/comment-page-1/#comment-530631 Andy Kuiper Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:02:42 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7318#comment-530631 Interesting… and I especially like the micro-formats summary via the link you provided. Thanks Mike :-)
Andy :-)

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