Mike Blumenthal

It has been a while since Google introduced Local Listing Ads and offered a limited test in the San Francisco and San Diego markets. I recently received this note from Tom O’Leary, who specializes in attorney marketing, with some observations about the program. He also put me in touch with two clients currently participating in …

Update 10/21: According to Joel Headley of Google: The blue pin is there – it’s just hiding behind the “D” marker. My curiosity was piqued when I noticed that the blue pins for some Local Listing Ads were not showing on the Local Lucky 7- Pack Map. So what was up?

This morning, I was looking at a screen shot of a dentist that had both Adwords and a Local listing ad. It was obvious that the later was using a call tracking number. I was thinking that it must be a Google Voice number but I had no way to confirm. Well, this afternoon in …

Here is a summary of articles and resources on Google’s new Local Ad Listing test program in San Diego and San Francisco: 10/9/09 David Mihm: My Thoughts on Google Local Listing Ads Greg Sterling: Local Listing Ads and 7-Pack Live Mike B: Google Local Listing Ads: Random Thoughts Mike B: Google Answers Some Local Listing …

I was able to capture several variations of Local Listing Ad displays and captured them on a 1280 X 960 screen to get a sense of how many organic listings might show. I chose 1280px screen resolution as it is the display type of roughly 50% of current users. I removed tabs from my browser assuming …

The newly announced Local listing ads are starting to appear on a limited basis in the wilds of San Francisco. David Mihm, the talented Local Search Expert, and I submitted a number of questions about this new trial to Google. –What will the range of prices be for a given market and category? –Will the …

Google has started a limited rollout of a new fixed price SMB ad type in the San Diego and San Francisco market. The ad, which a new type of ad,  which will be highlighted with a pushpin both on the ad and on the 10 Pack Map will be located directly above the 10 Pack …