Google Local Weekend Update

Here is Google’s recent update for G+ Local and several other updates from around the web: Here are Google’s minute markers with my comments in italics: 0:01 Introduction 0:16 Listings take a week to go live, a few weeks for link from Google Places dashboard to work It might take longer than a week depending on their …

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Travelling – Light Postings

I am traveling to the MN Search Presents Local U – Twin Cities. Then on to NYC for Local U Advanced at SMX EAST & Westchester for a Local Univeristy in Tarrytown NY. Posting will be of necessity light for the next few days. We are nearing capacity for the Local U Advanced in New York next Monday but there are …

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Google Plaque for Excellence: NOT

This afternoon Rocky Agrawal tweeted out about this plaque he had noticed hanging in a restaurant. He (and I ) were completely fooled by the plaque and were convinced that it was really from Google. I even thought that perhaps it was an experiment on Google’s part to migrate away from Zagat signage. —– Rakesh …

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Infographic: Citations – Time To Live

The local ecosystem is a complex web of interrelations with Google having positioned themselves at its center. Given this complexity, just how long does it take for data to move through the various parts before it makes it into Google’s index. And from the main index into their local index and the cluster of data …

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Asking for Reviews (Post Google Apocalypse)

Since Google started clamping down on review solicitation, particularly in the dental and auto dealer worlds, many businesses have expressed fear, dismay and discouragement about reviews in general and Google’s review policies in particular. Comments like “At this point I am ready to give up and ask my customers to avoid Google and go to …

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New Bug Hits G+ Local – Photos MIA

Update 9/22 1:00 pm: Google has fixed this. Google has confirmed a new bug for G+ Local pages this afternoon: Many uploaded photos are missing in action. They are looking for additional examples so if this has happened to you please report it in this post at the Google for Business Forum. (Thanks to Dr. …

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G+ Local URLs MIA

With the help of Annie & Lisa Kolb from Acorn, I became aware of a new bug affecting Google’s local index where the URL of the listng’s site and occasionally the telephone number are stripped from the search result and the G+ Page. The URL is replaced with the plus.google.com URL in the search results. …

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Upcoming Local Universities

Getlisted Local University is in full swing for this fall with a range of events in Minneapolis, NYC and Tarrytown, NY. Hopefully I will see you at one of them. If you are a reader and do come, be sure to take a moment and introduce yourself.   MN SEARCH PRESENTS LOCAL UNIVERSITY – TWIN …

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Whither AdWords Express?

Since early in the year when Adwords Express, Google’s simplified Adwords product for SMBs,  was upgraded we have heard little about the product. The interface was removed from most dashboards and we have seen no effort to promote it. Today, every Places Dashboard account that I have received this email providing a $100 discount and a …

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