Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Google Places (Maps & Local)"
More Mapspam
I have done some reporting on a new, more sophisticated occurrence of MapSpam on Google and Yahoo in an article at SearchEngineLand: MapSpammers Getting More Sophisticated. The story was based on techniques originally described in a post at oooff.com. This newest approach integrates all of the previous ideas of listing a business at a central …
Local Links of Interest
Ads on Google Maps for Mobile (& Goog-411?) Coming Next Year (Greg Sterling – LocalMobile Search from the recent Google Local Symposium) * Performance of mobile ads “is excellent†* Google has discussed ads on Goog411 and will likely add them but not before the company feels comfortable with the user experience * The response …
My (ancient) cell phone as a reading device.
I have an old Nokia 3650 cell phone with a pre-columbian Java and an even older Symbian OS rev. Although it might just as well be called the Simian OS for all the good that my opposable thumbs do me. While it basically sucks I have learned how to take advantage of its many Web …
Where in the world is my blog relevant?
Which countries in the world now have local business results and which don’t? You can get up to the minute information from Google with their new spreadsheet tool.
Local Links of Interest
Google, Yahoo Clash With AT&T, Verizon on U.S. Mobile Phone Ads (Bloomberg) At stake is a market that may surge 10-fold to $16.2 billion globally by 2011, says EMarketer Inc., a research firm in New York. Google, based in Mountain View, California, sees as much as half of future sales coming from mobile phones. While …
Has Google’s relationship with CitySearch changed? and other Maps insights
This recently came in from an Anaheim Ca Florist that follows Google Maps closely in her industry: I can’t speak for a system-wide change, but there have been LOTS of changes when it comes to searching for florists on Google. An update seemed to start on Wednesday of last week and finish on Sunday night. …
Google Maps offering limited options to “flag” inappropriate reviews.
Update: Cathy points out in her comments that this is a Google generated review and Google allows this on any of their reviews. It is not clear if this is an experiment or a very limited move towards user managed content, but Google is now offering an option to flag some reviews as inappropriate. Of …
Local Links of Interest
Yahoo: Mobile web to overtake PCs in next decade (Gary Price at ResourceShelf.com) Local Search Guide – IYP & Search Engine Who’s Who The Yellow Pages Association, along with sponsors eStara and Superpages.com and supporting partners comScore, SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) and The Kelsey Group, offers the Local Search Guide, which profiles IYPs, …
Local Links of Interest
Google Maps Adds Terrain View, Replaces Hybrid View (Barry Schwartz – SearchEngineLand) The Mobile Internet: Still Years Away? (Take Greg Sterling’s Survey on Local Mobile use) Internet Yellow Pages: Worth The Effort? (Chris Silver Smith – SearchEngineLand) Informal Poll: Ask Best for Local Search (Greg Sterling – Screenwerk)
Salvdore Dali Museum notes surreal nature of Google Maps
This posting appeared today in the Google Maps for Business Owners Group TOPIC: Address incorrect on listing. Changes requested months ago… ========================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Nov 26 2007 8:13 am From: “ecrispen@salvadordalimuseum.org” If you search for “Salvador Dali Museum” it provides the incorrect address. And has for a very long time. …
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