Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Google Menu Test?
I haven’t been following Google tests other than in local but this new black menu appears in everything BUT Maps, News and Gmail:
Some Days are Just Shittier Than Others In Google Places
As you know, I am addicted to following and answering questions in the Google Places forums. My penchant for the foibles of others and Google is insatiable. This posting is why I just keep going back for more. Someone uploaded pictures of poo on my business listing and I can’t get them off!!! Topic of …
Google Places: New Branded Onebox Display?
Today is a new day and brings an apparently new display to the Branded Onebox display in the main search results. As Daniel Sheehan noted several weeks ago in the post about the change away from photos in the display, “When it comes to Google Places it seems that there is no normal. There are …
Google Places Basics: How does Google create and maintain/add location records for their “Google Places” database?
The question “How does Google create and maintain/add location records for their “Google Places” database?” was asked recently at Quora. I am reproducing my answer here so that readers who are new to the blog can get some background information on Google Places from a high level view: Google obtains records for their business listings …
Carter Maslan Leaving Google
Carter Maslan, the longstanding Director of Product Development at Google Maps, has apparently left Google. He had been at Google since March 2007. His LinkedIn page is yet to be updated. A Google spokesperson when asked for confirmation noted: “We thank Carter for his many contributions to Google and wish him all the best in his …
Google Testing Coupons in Adwords
@Webmanagementus of Web Management pointed out this Tracfone Adwords ad that includes a Coupon attached to the ad. I had not seen this previously although Greg Sterling had reported on seeing them in the wild on SEL last week. It clearly indicates Google’s desire to expand the roll of coupons as a revenue generator. It …
Google Places Basics: Listing a New Business – A Timeline for Launch
Opening a new business is an exciting proposition. But as you are laying the foundation for all of your future web equity it is important to not put the cart before the horse. This poster in the forums was, like any self aware business person these days, wanting to get his soon to open business …
Google Hiring Offer’s Field Sales Staff in 17 Major U.S. Markets
There have been questions about Google’s desire and willingness to ramp up face to face sales in local markets. Their attempted acquistion of Groupon seemed be to focused on a quick development of an on-the-ground, locally focused sales team. Discussions about their early efforts and ability to succeed in selling local revolve around this question. …
Google Offers 2 Weeks On – The Local Vantage Point
Not being well versed in the deals arena I wanted to better understand Google’s baby steps with their Offers product. I turned to a number of respected folks, that have more experience in the field than I to get their sense of Google’s progress in their newest local effort. Here is the discussion thread from …
Google Maps Returns My Maps As My Places
Plamen Barzev, Nyagoslav Zhekov and Nikola Tsvetkov (you gotta love Local, bringing users from all over the world together) all alerted me during the early hours of the morning that Google Maps has replaced the My Maps with the apparently very useful My Places. My Places is a personalized view of every review AND map that a …
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