Google Offers Beta – Status Update

Google Offer’s Beta in Portland started on June 1 and there have been 5 deals in total to this point. Here is a summary of the deals to date: Date Co./URL Deal % off Purchase  Window Avail. Sold 6/1 Floyd’s Coffee $3 for $10 work of food 70% 15 hrs 2000 1709 6/2 Uptown Billiards …

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Updated Places Quality Guidelines – Ineligible Business Models

As a general rule, Google Places has been providing major updates to the quality guidelines in late fall with the most recent last November. Minor updates occur as needed but most frequently occur in the spring. This update (highlighted below in yellow) occurred on June 2 and has import for a range of businesses: Ineligible …

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