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Understanding Google My Business & Local Search

Entries Published On October, 2009

Local Listing Ads Using Call Tracking with Google Voice

This morning, I was looking at a screen shot of a dentist that had both Adwords and a Local listing ad. It was obvious that the later was using a call tracking number. I was thinking that it must be a Google Voice number but I had no way to confirm. Well, this afternoon in …

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Google Maps Adds UGC Feedback to Front Page Display of the OneBox

Whether this upgrade to the display of the Authoritative OneBox is a test or permanent is not yet clear but Google is now offering up to the searcher the ability to confirm the accuracy of a businesses listing information. It is not clear how this information will be used by Google as the option is …

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Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps- an Interview with Mike Dobson

Of the many new features in Google Maps of late, none seemed more important than the recent change in underlying data providers and Google taking over these tasks themselves. This change shows in Maps visually with the inclusion of new land & property parcel data, the change of the copyright message in US maps and …

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