Now let’s see what ‘quickly’ actually means so we can use that as a reference in the future.

the main problem, i find to be is the how easy it is to game google and sent many fake addresses that will control high searched queries.

in some verticals, we are talking about 5 out of ten… come on.

i was wandering if anyone has some good statics, or least observations, as to how the maps effected clicking rates on original natural results.
also i would love to find out how the ten box is working compere to the three box.

It will be interesting to see if information posted as new in the last couple of weeks will come out intact when the repairs are made. I would assume that it will be important to check all listing when Google lets us know things are fixed.

@Dave, Joan, David Cox – I totally agree that this “spring cleaning” should be watched closely as it seems likely that some data was once again misplaced.

@ilan good stats on user behavior seem to be MIA, not just how the Local Oneboxes affected the organic results but how users behaved with the various OneBoxes when presented…do they go into maps?, do they call? Are they more likely to buy? This is a topic of great interest that could use some careful and critical insight.

@All What still isn’t working properly as of Friday EST morning in the LBC? Google seems to be telling me that all is well….

oh well – as my father would say ” never bet with money you aren’t willing to lose” and with Google on the table, I ain’t willing to lose a wooden nickle to them.

🙂

Joan