Google Maps Unique Visitors up 51.57% Year over Year

Techcrunch has a good summary of the unique visitors to each of Google’s services comparing this November to last. It appears that Maps, by Comscore’s measurement, has 17% as many unique users as Google Web Search has. This % is significantly higher than last year. Greg Sterling has a good analysis of the numbers. However …

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When a number to call might help

From the goog411 Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/goog411?hl=en Today’s topics: =============================================== TOPIC: Help!!! http://groups.google.com/group/goog411/browse_thread/thread/90a13590c0cf0b10?hl=en ================================================ == 1 of 1 == Date: Sat, Dec 22 2007 4:43 pm From: Janu Goog411 has been sending me the same text message every 15 minutes for 2 hours now at 10 cents a message. This is the first time I have …

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Google Maps being used for Philly fraud update

Updated 12/23/07 Google has yet to remove this Mapspam. I have included additional spam details at the end of this post. Does anyone know the economics of having this many phone numbers? When searching on Philadelphia PA 19125 Locksmith but I found this response of intense interest: The reviewer Jack, has been busy tracking these …

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Local Authoritative OneBox = I’m Feeling Lucky; or Not!

The recent posting at SEORefugee about the Denver Florist going broke due to their business being displaced by appearance of a competitor in the OneBox, has brought Google’s Authoritative OneBox into the consciousness of the search community. The Authoritative OneBox has been the gold standard to measure success in local search marketing. For those of …

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Local Links of Interest

 The Power and Impact of Google Maps A great post & discussion on the power (perceived and/or real) power of Local and the frustration that it can create in the small business community A Case Study of Trusted Reviewers’ Impact on Google Maps Placement A research project in local that could help understand the role …

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Today’s Google Mapspam report – 75% chance of rain

Update: 12/23/07 The Tire Rack mapspam has been removed. Since none of the other spam mentioned has yet to be removed, I presume that the company rather than Google did the removing. There have been three new reports of Mapspam at the Google Maps For Business Group in the last few days. Our reporter in …

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Google makes access to Local Business Center more visible

Google Maps has always buried the link that allows a business to edit their listing. This may be a form of self preservation to keep the complaints down. However, they have recently made the link more (?) accessible…it is still a number of levels deep but it is now visible higher on the screen after …

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Today’s Google Mapspam report – 70% chance of rain

There has been an increase of late in reports of MapSpam in the Google Maps for Business Group with three reports in the last day. As Mapsguide Jen, our intrepid guide to the netherworld of MapSpam, had warned us in August: “these types of issues may also become more prevalent”. Some of these Mapspam exploits …

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