Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Cool Tool of the Trade – Capturing Full Screen Search Result Screenshots
I just upgraded to Firefox 4 and was offered the opportunity to try Awesome Screenshot. It solves several problems that I frequently deal with when writing this blog and communicating with clients – capturing a full screen of a Google search result (or any web page for that matter) and easily annotating it (see sample …
Google Places Dashboard: QR Code MIA, Good riddance!
The printable QR Code that directed folks to your Places Page that Google offered up in the Places Dashboard went missing last week. A number of posters have turned up in the forums asking where it went, wondering how to print out the QR Code for their Places Page and lamenting its absence. Google has …
Google Places Tidbits & Updates – Google Locates Dashboard Data & Some Reviews
The Dashboard analytic reporting that has been MIA since the 3rd week of February seems to be slowly catching up. Hat tip to E-mphaisis Internet Marketing for pointing this out. The data in most of the accounts that I check show the data is current as of March 11th. Still not current but only a …
Graphic: How an SMB Solves a Problem in Google Places
As I read of Google’s newly stated public commitment to better customer service in Google Places, thoughts of a myriad of current issues swirled through my head. After mentally struggling through 10 or so current Places problems, the miasma settled around this one issue that I thought I could use to illustrate what an SMB …
NYTimes Rolling Out Fee Based Program in Canada First
I just received the following email. Under the new plan, my current reading style would cost $35 /mo. That’s not going to happen. An important announcement from the publisher of The New York Times Dear New York Times Reader, Today marks a significant transition for The New York Times as we introduce digital subscriptions. It’s …
FTC Extracts $250,00 Fine for Affiliate Reviews & Endorsements
Bill Hartzer highlighted this recent FTC fine levied on Legacy Learning Systems for having its affiliate seller network aggressively laud the product on their websites in close proximity to affiliate purchase link back to Legacy’s site. The FTC argued that these affiliate websites “falsely posed as ordinary consumers or independent reviewers” and thus violated the …
Breaking News- Google Thinks it Needs “Some Support” In Maps
Yesterday Marissa Mayer was quoted as saying in regards to Maps and Places at SXSW: “We do need to have some support there, and step up our customer service,”. I must admit as a veteran of the “Google Maps support wars”, it was refreshing to hear Marissa Mayer (allegedly?) note the need for support. That being …
Infographic: Owning Your Local Web Equity
When presenting at Get Listed Local University we talk with a large number of small business owners. Many that we have met are attempting to understand the big picture of internet marketing and how the pieces relate. These SMBs are trying to make a decisions amidst the buzz as to where to focus their on-line …
Google Places Dashboard – There’s Good News and There’s Bad News
Did you ever hear the one about the Lieutenant in the trenches of WWI that called together his dispirited troops and announced:”Troops, I have good news and I have bad news. Would you rather hear the good news first or the bad news?”. The troops called out in unison: “Tell us the good news! We …
Google Places Dashboard: Widespread Reports of System Error
Update 3/9 10:50: The error messages continue to be reported in the forums this morning. The most recent was at 9:39 AM. Google has yet to make a public statement about the error. Obviously, the two beers I suggested yesterday was not enough, or perhaps not enough folks with the problem followed the suggestion. I …
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