Mike Blumenthal

On December 9th Matt Cutts announced a new standard interface feature on the main Google results page for locally oriented searches: the Plusbox. (Just a note, this is not my jargon. I suppose though that since Google invents it they can name it.) At the time it was only available for IE users but is now …

In my previous post about the sources and weightings of local information it was clear that reviews and web references played a key role in your Google Maps ranking and hopefully a business’s appearance in the top 3 One Box. However if you execute the link command (link:www.anchorbar.com ) for the number 1 ranked restaurant, …