Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Published On August, 2007
Batten down the hatches: More Google MapSpaM on the way to a Local Map near you?
The Google Maps for Business blog: == 1 of 1 == Date: Thurs, Aug 2 2007 5:51 pm From: “Maps Guide Jen” Hi Bonehead, Mike, Joe, fowen, and other business owners, Thanks so much for asking about and flagging the unverified listings of TechPros and RentaGeek. We take the rights of those business owners with …
TechPro’s CEO speaks about Google Maps Bulk Upload abuse
This morning I had a long and interesting conversation with the President & CEO Gabriel Howard of TechPros, one of the companies that was involved in the Bulk Upload issues reported last week. The interview is lengthy and is included at the end of this post in its entirety. The upshot (as reported by the …
Additional report of abuse at Google Maps
Today at the Google Maps-For-Business Group another report of bul upload abuse surfaced. This time the culprit is in the “We Buy Houses” refinance industry. Like the previous case, all of the entires use a common street address (500 Main) and 800 number. Unlike the previous reports, these appear to only be listed in major …
Google removes bulk upload spam?
Update 11:30 8/2- I just completed a phone conversation with the CEO of TechPros who noted that they had the listings removed. The interview will be posted later today. An alert reader, earlpearl, has noted that as of today at 6:30, Google had removed the offending listings from Google MapsThe event brought several issues with …
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