Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Google Places (Maps & Local)"
Is the Google+ Local Dashboard Moving Towards a Freemium Model?
That Google has finally added some semblance of human support to G+ Local raises a number of questions that are still unanswered: Is it worldwide or US only? Can agencies call in on behalf of their clients? Will it be extended beyond the verification process to other aspects and problems that occur with Google+Local like …
Google Local Now Providing Phone Support for Verification Issues
Update 10:00 pm: Google has confirmed that this is a permanent feature. Update 01/09/12 11:09 am: Google has confirmed that phone support is US- only and just English at this point if an agency is managing the listing, they should be able to get support. Google+ Local had a rough 2012. But it appears that …
Google Local Video Listing Spotted in the Wild
Plamen Barzev alerted me to the existence of a local listing display that includes a video. The display showed for the search term plumbing charleston sc on the listing for Tamsberg Plumbing. Their site is a single page site done by Localedge. Whether this is a test or a new display type is unclear. When you look at the …
Service Area Business with a verified social local Google+ page? Delete It
NOTE: The article is outdated. Update 10/3/2013: The relationship between the social page and the new dashboard is different and Google’s rules about how they handle businesses with hidden addresses are different. If the social + page is associated with a new dashboard listing, deleting the social page will delete the listing. If you have …
Google Updates Review Content Policy
Google has just updated the review content guidelines to explicitly prohibit review stations AND employee reviews. The changes to the policy are noted in italics: For instance, as a business owner or employee you should not review your own business or current place of work. Don’t offer money or product to others to write reviews …
What Makes for a Good Author Photo in the Local Results? (Part 2)
So which author avatar is the people’s favorite? Yesterday I promised to share the large scale (1500 responses) survey results as to which author avatar consumers would pick from amongst the local search results when they were asked: If you were selecting a lawyer based on these images, which would you select? Surprised? I admit I was initially. …
What Makes for a Good Author Photo in the Local Results? (Part 1)
What makes for a good Author photo in the Local results? Author photos are increasingly showing in Google’s local search results. Since first appearing in local results in February of this year, author photos have slowly and steadily increased in frequency. In most markets you may only see one author photo in the local results …
Local Onebox Display Now Upgraded to New Universal OneBox Display
Ol’ Eagle Eye, Matt Gregory, caught a change that I had anticipated. The Local OneBox has been upgraded to the same format as the other OneBox results. The Onebox display, in general, was upgraded earlier in the week in the week to match the mobile display. Note that the user now needs to click into …
Getlisted.org is Joining Forces with SEOMoz – Local U is growing up!
Good friend and advisor, David Mihm, has just announced that Getlisted.org is joining forces with SEOMoz. From the Getlisted Blog: It’s a great day for us, but we’re equally excited for you guys, our users and audience. Everything GetListed has been about so far–giving away a ton of knowledge and as much great functionality as …
Consumer Survey – Where do Consumers find Specialty Lawyers? Not on Facebook
Moses & Rooth Attorneys at Law commissioned me to help them understand how consumers find specialty lawyers. Their goal was to appropriately allocate their marketing dollars in a realistic way between the many choices. Do consumers go to Facebook? How important was their website? What role do reviews play? To that end, we created a Google Survey …
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