Comments on: Google Places Descriptor Snippets http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 22 May 2013 04:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: 8 Tips to Maximize Your Branded Presence in the Google Local Search Results | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-559442 8 Tips to Maximize Your Branded Presence in the Google Local Search Results | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:06:58 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-559442 [...] sentiment snippets that show with your listing are the least understood of all aspects of the display. It is not clear [...]

]]> By: zeljka http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-557986 zeljka Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:12:08 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-557986 Love your blog, i wonder how long does it takes to get those snippets? How old the listing has to be? Mine obviously still doesn’t have it, checked competitors and most of them have it. Do have reviews and lots of citations that google didn’t even pick up yet. Example have 10 reviews on insider pages and kudzu, google shows only 1 each…

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-554255 panzermike Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:10 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-554255 Home run on this one Mike. I made the same conclusions as Bill Slawski has recently theorized, months ago, but not knowing about the patent. I was noticing other sites with a url mirroring the keywords they want to rank for – that had zero PR and had never ranked before – with zero anchor text in the links pointing to their home pages or child pages, ranking for keywords that were peppered in citations. So it appears this is the key. It seems that regular SEO is not as important as manipulating the algo with a fake name, corresponding url and massive third party citations. Of course, when blended is turned on, that does not happen. But it is all random now, so the only certainty is paying 30 bucks a click?

]]> By: Google's New Sentiment Phrase Snippets for Google Places http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-554018 Google's New Sentiment Phrase Snippets for Google Places Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:55:57 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-554018 [...] up with the snippets. This type of snippet was the topic of a blog post from Mike Blumenthal titled Google Places Descriptor Snippets. I’m not sure that I like the name “Descriptor” from Mike’s name to [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553937 Mike Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:05:33 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553937 @Ken

Yes, that is the question. I am studying the patent now but…

@David

Thanks for the URL… that was what I had hoped to link in my comment above but managed to mangle…. It is interesting that page buried in the help files would be the one that surfaces as opposed to all of the other pages on Google’s site…

]]> By: David Mihm http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553936 David Mihm Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:46 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553936 Re: Western Union:

Authoritative domain with NAP information:
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=65789

]]> By: Ken Santucci http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553934 Ken Santucci Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:50:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553934 Mike

It’s no secret where those descriptions are coming from (well sort of) Google told us about them back in July!

“These phrases come from sources all across the web, such as reviews, web pages and other online references, and they can help people quickly identify the characteristics that make a particular place unique. ”

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-descriptive-terms-in-local.html

It would sure be nice to have a better understanding of exactly HOW they are choosing the terms that they are choosing to show!

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553933 Mike Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:48:10 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553933 @Earl
The quick cash struck me as strange as well… it turns out that it IS a google feature highlighted in their Adsense help files. Amazing though that with all of the things that they do, this is the one that gets highlighted. It does point up the somewhat arbitrary nature of the system.

@Eric
Yes, a comprehensive approach is the only way to go and it provides many benefits

@Nyagoslav

Google’s motto “release early, reiterate often” is coming into play… they obviously think that they are “good enough”.

]]> By: Nyagoslav http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553930 Nyagoslav Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09:49 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553930 The descriptive terms are still definitely in a beta stage, but I still wonder why Google keeps pushing them in front more and more. They are now appearing everywhere except on the organic SERP itself. I suppose that’d happen as well in the next few months if they successfully improve the process of promoting the “keyword candidates” into actual keywords.

]]> By: Eric Christopher http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-places-descriptor-snippets/comment-page-1/#comment-553929 Eric Christopher Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:26:03 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=10938#comment-553929 This is great! It really demonstrates to the local business community that you can’t just optimize your GP listings alone. To truly shine in your industry, a small biz owner must have a comprehensive campaign in place, from GP, citation, reviews, website SEO, Social media, video marketing, etc. This way you have the best chance possible of controling what G scrapes from across the web. Thanks Mike!

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