Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Google Maps: Video can now be added in Local Business Center
Steve Espinosa has noted on his blog that Maps is now supporting the option of adding a video to your business record in the Local Business Center. The feature is now live. The process of adding a video is similar to adding a photo. The business is allowed to display up to 5 videos in …
Local Links of Interest
Yahoo Local Full of Affiliate Spam – eClick Performance Blog A great article on the large amount of affiliate spam in the hotel industry on Yahoo Local as a result of allowing end user edits. Affiliates essentially highjack unclaimed records and interject their url on a pass through basis to the actual hotel website, thus …
Google Local Business Center Upgrade -Unlimited Category Options
With the recent rollout of Add a Place to Map , allowing everyone to add a listing to maps with its more flexible categorization structure, Google has also upgraded the categorization system in the Local Business Center. This upgrade comes in response to 18 months of complaints in the Google Maps for Business Group. The …
Google Maps Guide Brian promoting new Add to Map feature
I just received the following email from Maps Guide Brian: From: “Maps Guide Brian” Date: Tue, March 18, 2008 6:10 pm To: “Google Maps Help Group – Current Issues” Add, edit and mark locations for removal. Check out videos and instructions in the “Editing places” section of the “Search” tab in the Google Maps User …
Google Maps Add new place to Map update
In the posting at the Google Lat Long Blog google has noted the following about the new Add/Edit Place to Map feature : •The feature is only available in U.S., Australia, and New Zealand •It can be used to edit a business as well as add new content. In this context it can be used …
Local Links of Interest
From Camel’s Eyelids to Auto-geolocation: the Future of Mobile and Local Search AIMClear Blog A good update of the local session at NY SES. Steered Wrong: Drivers Trust GPS Even to a Fault – Jennifer Saranow, Wall Street Journal What can you say?
Google Maps: Everyone can create a business listing
The new Google Maps feature to allow every user to create a new business listing is now live. The program was hinted at broadly by Carter Maslan, Maps Product Manager last month in an interview and confirmed today by Google. The new Map feature was seen as early as Sunday. Here is a comprehensive slideshow …
M:Metrics Report: iPhone Internet Usage Far exceeds Market Average
In a report released today by M:Metrics it was noted that “the iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January.” Usage in other categories of internet access like watching video, listening to …
Local Links of Interest
Incomplete and Wrong Data in Google Local Search – Bill Slawski, SeobytheSea.com Bill covers some of the patents that relate to the post here last week: Google Plus Box – Where does the (wrong) data come from? Deer Blogs His Own GPS Position in Google Earth – Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog A report on …
Google Maps adds Public Service Personalization
Google is now promoting high quality, user generated public service maps in the main Google Maps interface encouraging users to personalize their MyMap experience with worthwhile projects:
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