Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Google Places Upgrades Review Display, Yelp Reviews Back
Yesterday afternoon, Google upgraded the display of reviews on the Places Page. The new display aggregates reviews from third parties with an icon and a link to the the review site and continues to show individual Google reviews below that display. The aggregate display shows the third party site with the most reviews at the …
Google Maps Rich Snippets for Local FAQ: Testimonials to be Treated as Reviews
When Google announced support for Rich Snippets for Local 3 weeks ago, there were a number of unanswered questions. A number of these are now answered in the Rich Snippets for Local Search FAQ: – Currently Google (FAQ #3) only recognizes microformats (hCard, hReview) for Rich Snippets for Local Search. Thus, until Google expands support …
Who is Suing Whom Infographic Revisted – Isn’t Patent Law Wonderful?
Last week I published an info graphic detailing who was suing whom in the mobile world. According to TechDirt that chart was based on inaccurate data provided in a NY Times article from March. It is much worse than originally envisioned. Here is TechDirt’s remake of the graphic showing known higher profile lawsuits:
Google Places Reviews Being Lost – Houston We have a Problem!
Google Places seems to have again misplaced reviews in significant quanties. The forums are loaded with complaints particularly during the past 24 hours with 5 of the last 10 postings in the forums being about missing reviews (here, here, here, here, and here). Reviews for a small business are a very sensitive area. Initially most SMBs …
Google Gets a Barely Passing Grade with the BBB – For the Want of a Nail…
Like many other SMBs, I have no love lost on the Better Business Bureau. Paying them to vouch for what I always considered my basic responsibility of being honest seemed inappropriate. They strike me in the same vein as our current political system: you have to pay to play. But they do sit in the …
Infographic: Who is Suing Whom in Mobile
A great inforgraphic designed by George Kokkinidis in his attempt at redesigning the original chart from The Guardian. Ah what a web we weave.
Yelp.com & Unique Vistors: Would the Real Number Please Stand Up
While there may be some dispute about the origins of the saying: “there are three kinds of lies, lies, damned lies and statistics” there is little disagreement about its general truthfulness. It seems particularly appropriate in regard to Yelp’s unique visitors. Yesterday Yelp.com announced at SMX East that they had 38 million uniques on the …
Poll: What Do You Think of This Tag?
Here is a Tag that I saw on the search for Wrongful Death Attorney San Francisco: When you click through the Tag this is what you see:
Google Places Gets Down and Very Dirty
Google Maps & Places has always been the playground of bad actors, whether the computer repair company that got carried away with bulk uploads, the non existent locksmith, the plastic surgeon with fake reviews or the less than savory payday loan folks masquerading as local businesses in an effort to get customers. In the legal …
Locksmith Mad as Hell -Sues AZ Attorney General to Enforce Law
The ALOA (Associated Locksmiths of America, the locksmith trade group) has recently posted the legal filing from a lawsuit initiated by a locksmith in Arizona. The complaint for violations of Arizona’s laws preventing misrepresentation of “the geographical origins or location of the person’s business” attempts to 1)Get an injunction against the offending locksmtih (Atlas Locksmith Soltuons …
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