Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Google Places (Maps & Local)"
Google+ Adds Improved Multi Page Mgt Interface
First reported by Google Plus Daily and highlighted by the always observant Matt Gregory on Twitter, Google has rolled out an improved interface for those of you managing multiple G+ Pages social local pages (G+SLP?). The interface allows you to quickly view all of the Pages that you are managing, provides a single view of ALL notifications across …
Suspension and Reinclusion on social G+ Local Pages
Update 4/22/15: Google has updated the URL for the page reinclusion request. This is a good news bad news Google story. At least there is some good news. The good news? It appears that Google has dramatically improved the messaging around a listing suspension on a merged social G+ Local listing and is offering a …
Loci 2012- Justin Sanger
Justin is the Founder and CEO of SupportLocal. He is recognized as a long-time innovator and leader in local search and social. In 2003, he founded LocalLaunch, a leading search engine marketing platform and products company. LocalLaunch was acquired by RH Donnelley/Dex One in 2006. Speaking around the world on the topics of local search …
Yelp: Real People. Real Reviews. Deceptive Sales Tactics.
In my talks, I have often said that Google is the print Yellow Pages for the new millennium. But as Rocky Argawal has pointed out that title really falls to Yelp. He has noted that Yelp, in charging some local advertisers $600 per 1,000 impressions, “despite ostensibly being an Internet company, [their] business model is closer …
Google Local: Improved Messaging on Moved Businesses Now Showing
Starting in December Google started rolling out improved instructions & listing messaging on pages for businesses that Google knew had moved locations. Instead of stating that the business was closed Google will, if proper procedure is followed, indicate that a business has relocated. This new messaging is starting to appear in the wild. While still not perfect …
Google+ Local Now Suggests Places to Review Based on Your Search History
Google may no longer allow SMBs to run client contests for money or charity to gather reviews. That doesn’t slow Google down from encouraging G+ Local users from leaving more reviews by digging into a users search history. The Google Plus Daily noted several days ago that Google+ Local Now Suggests Places to Review. Google is using …
Loci 2012 – Adam Dorfman
Adam Dorfman is an interactive marketing professional with over 15 years experience in all facets of online marketing including local & organic search, pay per click, paid inclusion, email, XML driven advertising, mobile advertising, social networking, content creation, analytics, usability and offline integration as well as web development, hosting, networking and project management. He currently …
Loci 2012 – Nyagoslav Zhekov
Nyagoslav Zhekov is a 20 something Bulgarian that owns and operates NGS Marketing. He has spoken at SMX West, is a guest author for SearchEnginePeople.com and elsewhere. When he isn’t answering questions on the Google and Your Business Forum, where he is a Top Contributor, and Quora you might find him playing (European) football with his …
Google: Review Contests Violate Guidelines
There had long been some ambiguity & contradictions around whether the Google Review guidelines prevented a business from having a contest or raffle to encourage customers to leave reviews. No more. Google has finally stated that drawings that involve incentives are not allowed. In response to a report in the forums of a contest that had …
Google Dashboard: Most New Listings Go Pending – For How Long?
It appears that most newly created listings in the Local Business Center (LBC) Google Places for Business Dashboard the DASHBOARD are now immediately going to a pending state. Like with all Google messaging this has a certain Kafaesque quality to it. The other day Barry Schwartz reported it out as a verification delay which while that …
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