Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Published On April, 2008
Major Affiliate Mapspam on Google for New York Hotels?
Updated These url’s have been removed and replaced with maps.google.com as the url. I would infer from this that it was in fact spam. Greg Sterling of Screenwerks has reported a possible affiliate mapspam incident on Google for the search New York Hotels. These listings look very similar to those noted by Matt McGee in …
Google Maps now offering contour lines – Hybrid view gone?
Updated 9:00 04/03/08 Gregor J. Rothfuss of Google.com notes that the Hybrid view is now moved under Satellite view. Click on it to see “Show labels†(the old Hybrid view). Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog reported that New Contour Lines in Google Maps. Google has announced a new feature to the terrain relief maps they …
Local Links of Interest
UniversalBusinessListing.Org Partners with NexxLinx to Jump-Start Local Search UBL is the industry initiative to help businesses create and expand their online presence. Instead of spending countless frustrating hours of trial and error, businesses create a central listing with UBL, and for a small fee their information is securely distributed to all major US online Yellow …
Does Local need to be held to a higher standard? Matt McGee Responds
I have put the following to a number of folks whose opinion I respect. Premise: The internet is coming face to face with the communities we live in. Local is at the nexus of this juncture. With the iPhone we now listen to our music, answer our phones, read our email, look at our maps …
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