New Google Maps Business Listing Guidelines – What’s Changed

Google has changed much more than the order of the guidelines with this update. The guidelines are more rigorous and specific than they have been in the past. I have noted in italics those sections which are completely new. Previous Listing Guidelines – Ordered to Match new Guidelines New Business Listing Guidelines & Order Ownership …

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Google Maps Updates Business Listing Guidelines

Barry at SEORoundtable has just reported that Google Maps has just updated the Business Listing Guidelines. Here are the new Guidelines: Business Listing Quality Guidelines Local Business Center Guidelines Business Listings in Local Business Center must have correct information about physical, local businesses, as they appear in the real world. Google reserves the right to …

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Google Maps Learns About E-Mail – Is this a Trend?

Google Maps has never been very good about feedback. If a business had a problem in the past, posting in the forums was always a crap shoot as to whether they would get an answer and even determining if a listing was in Maps was sometimes problematic. But Google of late has surprised me with …

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