Comments on: Google Places Comic – Acceptable Outcomes = Collateral Damage or A Direct Hit? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/03/20/google-places-comic-acceptable-outcomes-collateral-damage-or-a-direct-hit/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Mon, 20 May 2013 21:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/03/20/google-places-comic-acceptable-outcomes-collateral-damage-or-a-direct-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-569291 panzermike Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:33:30 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12537#comment-569291 Well it has hurt us worse than a suspension. AT LEAST we could do a rei-nclusion request. Almost all our listings are merged with other law firms. The key is the use of the words “law firm” in our business name. Places apparently thinks we are all the same. Even firms who do not share space in our building take over our listings and we take over theirs, where we are not located.

Well I am sure many people think we are all the same (us lawyers). Ashley is working with us now to fix it, but for a year or so, our competitors have been getting our calls from our citation data rankings, and potentially privileged and confidential information could be compromised when someone searches me, and another lawyer pops up for my name, which is exactly what happens. So it actually hurts more than the SBO. It hurts everyone.

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