Google Updates Place Community Edit & Report a Problem Forms

Apparently as part of the migration of Google Places to Google+Local pages, Google has updated & consolidated into one form the input forms for community edits and  the Report a Problem form. Now whether you select edit or report a problem in Google + Local, the current Place Page or from with Google Maps you …

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Google+ Local Reviews

Google + Local help files are now online. One of the big changes that has occurred with the rollout of Google+ Local has been the change to the Google review environment. Google is moving to the 30 point system developed by Zagat. If there is granular detail Google will show it. If there is not …

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Google Places Pages Are No More – But What has Changed?

Today Google announced the integration of business pages with Google + and the demise of their Google Place page. This is a change that has long been anticipated and one that simultaneously gives a business more control over their page AND dramatically enhances the review environment. Greg Sterling has a good overview of how specific …

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