Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Published On July, 2011
Will the Change in Status of 3rd Party Reviews Affect Rank in Google Places?
Will the change in status of 3rd party reviews affect rank? This question was asked in 3 or 4 or perhaps 5 different ways over the past 24 hrs. There is a palpable sense of worry in the questions. The short answer: Who knows but I think not. Better yet, don’t worry about it. Here …
Google Places Gains New Ally in Review Battle with Yelp
Google has been in a pitched tussle with Yelp for quite some time. Google introduced reviews to local in 2007 and the fun began. Yelp reviews in Google, Yelp reviews out of Google, Yelp’s anger at Google’s use of their content, Google contrition, a large offer by Google and a failed buyout, Yelp reviews out of …
Google Places and the Future
The Google Lat Long Blog has formally announced the changes to Places that we saw roll out earlier in the day with their normal happy talk: Making constant tweaks and adjustments to our user interfaces and overall user experience have always been the norm at Google, and you may have recently heard about our renewed effort …
Changes in Google Places and Reviews – What Does it Mean for the SMB?
Google Places has once again “mixed it up” in the review arena. They are no longer showing the count for 3rd party reviews on the main search page and they are only displaying the count for Google reviews. They are still showing the link to the main 3rd party review sites on the main search results …
Articles from Around the Web on the New Places Layout
MAJOR Google Places Update – 3rd Party Reviews and Citations Removed or De-Emphasized – Linda Buquet’s take on the impact of reducing 3rd party review counts vis a vis dentists (and Demand Force) Google Places Interface and Reviews Changes – Optilocal’s great visual guide to the changes with a few things I hadn’t yet seen. Google Places …
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