Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Local Links of Interest
I have noted Apple’s steady movement into mobile computing via the MacBook Air, the iPod Touch and the iPhone in the past. Is there room for a kindle sized device between the phone and the ultra portable? Here are two views: Between a Laptop and the iPhone – Greg Sterling, Local Mobile Search Do You Have …
The Longtail of Local Search Mapspam
Update 05/13/08 Google has removed some but apparently not all of the examples below. In the conversation about Lawyers’ mapspam EarlPearl and Stephan Espinosa both wondered what type of spam panzermike and other lawyers were placing into Maps. I decided to delve into the moshpit that is the proxy for on-line legal marketing in LA …
LA Dog Bite Lawyers in a Cat Fight over Maps
On May 7, 5:52 pm, “Maps Guide Jen” notified a poster, panzermike, at the Google Maps for Business Group that his business listings had been banned from Maps for the “foreseeable future”: Hi panzermike, I had a look into your account. Your listings aren’t appearing because removed them from Google Maps. At this time even …
Local Links of Interest
 Small Business Marketing Success Story: Avante Gardens – Matt McGee, SearchEngineland This interview with Cathy Rulloda is a great overview of good practices. Cathy is always at the forefront of using the internet for local marketing in the very tough florist arena and she more than holds her own. Free-411 Rolls Out Dial Directions Nationally & Jingle Goes Nationwide …
Google Maps: Earthlink Listings now gone
On May 6th Imnotadoctor.com noted that Earthlink had made quite a mapspam splash. In Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source. I questioned the source of the many listings, theorizing that it came not from a bulk upload but from a data feed. It now appears to be completely gone. …
Local Seo Tracking Software
A reader asked me serveral months ago if I knew of software to track local search standings. Advanced Web Ranking had just implemented the feature (after a year of hounding) and I told the reader about it with a caution that I had not yet tried it. He just took the time to email his …
What impact Maps and Coupons?
Earl the Pearl, in bringing up a new site and comparing to an older one, has done a great summary and analysis at SeoREfugee of where local traffic is coming from: Over the past 10 months, the largest single traffic generator search phrase has been the industry generic term. In google it has generated about …
Local Links of Interest
A Technology Consortium Plans a Wireless Network – Matt Richtel, NY Times The consortium includes a disparate group of partners: Sprint Nextel, Google, Intel, Comcast, Time Warner and Clearwire…. They expect the network, which will provide the next generation of high-speed Internet access for cellphone users, to be built in as little as two years, …
Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source
Recent reports of bulk upload Earthlink MapSpam may in fact be “spam” coming to Google from one of its “trusted” primary data suppliers instead rather than being entered via the Local Business Center. Last week and again today Imnotadoctor.com is reporting spammy listings in the Google Maps Local 10-Pack. In this most recent case the …
Google Maps – User edit abuses happening to Payday loan company?
I have little sympathy for even the best companies in the payday loan business. Many of them charge as much as 400% interest (as reported in the WSJ) and manage to illegally get their hands on limited Social Security payments (again according to the WSJ), a practice the government is attempting to limit. Google seems …
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