Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Google Places (Maps & Local)"
Google Places False Negatives Comic by Margaret Shulock – Joseph & The Inn
Joseph & The Inn “Joseph & The Inn”by Margaret Shulock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at blumenthals.com Grab this code to add the comic to your site: “Joseph & The Inn”by Margaret Shulock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a …
Google Testing Call Reporting in Adwords Express
Long a staple of Adwords, a simplified call reporting is being tested in Adwords Express. It is not clear how wide the test is as I found in the Austin market but not in the Buffalo market. The option is dead on easy to implement and costs $1 for each call made to the number …
Google Still Supporting KML Files but NOT the Use of Geo Sitemaps
In a followup to SMX West questions, Susan Moskwa noted on Google Plus the effective demise of GeoSitemaps: Q: Why are my Geo Sitemaps throwing errors in Webmaster Tools? A: Google has retired support for the Geo Sitemaps format. You can continue to submit your Geo content to us using the standard Sitemaps format (just listing …
SMX Germany March 27, 2012
SMX Germany is an incredibly well run and enjoyable event. Munich is a great city and the beer, despite or perhaps because of its large container, is delicious. Slide 4 – Jan 2012 Search Engine Market Share / Local Search % Slide 13 – How to maximize your branded presence in Google search Slide 14 – Rich Snippets in Local …
Is Google’s New Requirement to Hide a Home Business Appropriate?
There have been many questions about the recently publicized change in Google’s Places policy that home based businesses that do not receive customers at their home should hide their address. Many have been critical of Google’s change and many have criticized the apparent illogic of the rule. I see the issue somewhat differently. Certainly Google …
Don’t Serve Clients at Your Business? Hide Your Location – Or else
Two weeks ago Andrew Shotland described how he had his listing taken down after a Googler called him and asked whether he served clients at his location. When he said no, his listing was taken down. He ran across what was then a “hidden” rule. The rule has now become public. If you don’t serve …
Heading To SMX Munich, Light (or no) Posting for the Next Two Weeks
I am heading to Munich today for a few days off and a presentation at SMX Munich. Posting will be light to none. If you have suggestions on what I should not miss seeing while in Germany, let me know
Why Local Will Continue to Be Hard for Google – a Conversation with a Retailer
Google sends Barbara Oliver & Co Jewelry near Buffalo a lot of business. She has doubled the size of her jewelry business and dramatically increased engagement ring sales over the past 2 years. Local search, organic search, Adwords Express have all worked well for her. Despite the ups and downs, the ins and outs and …
Google Places Comic – Acceptable Outcomes = Collateral Damage or A Direct Hit?
It is hard explaining to small businesses that when their listing merges with their competitor’s business it is a feature of Google Places NOT a bug. Well not actually a feature but a known and predicted artifact of Google’s automated merge & purge routines. The flip side of removing duplicates is some amount of merging. …
Archived Places Forum Posts
I was disappointed when Google created a new Places forum and they decided to take down the old Places forum and all of the posts that had accumulated. Google effectively minimized the efforts of the many volunteers that staffed the forums, removed material that still is of value and was deleting information that was of historical …
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