Comments on: Rogue’s Gallery of Inappropriate Bubble Ads

By: Google Maps Bubble Ads and The SMB State of Mind | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:19:30 +0000

[...] Ads- Tags, Boost – Mike – 10:46 am Awareness of Google’s new, aggressive & annoying Bubble ads have been creeping into the SMBs field of vision since their introduction 10 days ago. Articles [...]

By: John Douglas

John Douglas — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:23:01 +0000

PS I have now removed all the listings from Google Maps having just seen the latest lot of totally inappropriate adverts and connections

By: John Douglas

John Douglas — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:09:23 +0000

For nearly a year I have been trying to get Google to stop redefining our place as a Nightclub and putting strip clubs, adult dating services and similar as related places and in the adverts.

Our place is in fact a Children’s Dance group and categorized as a Children’s Activity.

Other folk dance groups have had the same treatment.

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:51:46 +0000

@Mark
See what you missed? Juicy, juicy articles.

Google frequently takes these sorts of fliers, tests, reviews and the reworks them so that they actually work. This one is definitely off to a bad start and falls in the alpha category. But their strength is often their ability to go back at these things and make them somehow work…. I don’t see that as possible here but maybe I am wrong.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:36:58 +0000

Mike I had not stopped by in a few days… what a great series of posts. I have not laughed this hard in a quite a while!! ATTENTION anyone looking to launch a search engine NOW is your chance Google is dropping the ball.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:33:47 +0000

@Frank
They started showing up late last week. How long they will be around is unclear.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:29:25 +0000

@Andy

This bonehead move will keep the hard sell, less than honest PPC houses in business as well…. I can hear the pitch now… “Look at this ad that is on your info bubble! You need to protect your reputation! Take an ad out with us.”

By: Andy Kuiper

Andy Kuiper — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:23:12 +0000

Google is not so much interested in providing relevant (or accurate) content for the local algo as it is in making money; you’re right ehg, it’s a business. It’s one mistake after another, quality control is a joke. Rolling out products full launch after limited and weak testing. It keeps us SEO’s in business, that’s for sure.

Andy

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:47 +0000

so how long will Bubble Ads be around and How long have they been around? This has caused a problem with a person i worked with already as well. :\

By: Is Google ‘Forcing’ SMBs to Buy AdWords?

Is Google ‘Forcing’ SMBs to Buy AdWords? — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:51:00 +0000

[...] and I have had several Twitter exchanges about Google’s new info-window ads and Mike has documented some curious and highly questionable ones showing up ininfo-windows. And I’m sure there will [...]