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Category Archive For "Google Places (Maps & Local)"
Local Listing Ads: When do the Blue Pins Show on the Map?
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?
Local Listing Ads Using Call Tracking with Google Voice
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 …
Google Maps Adds UGC Feedback to Front Page Display of the OneBox
Whether this upgrade to the display of the Authoritative OneBox is a test or permanent is not yet clear but Google is now offering up to the searcher the ability to confirm the accuracy of a businesses listing information. It is not clear how this information will be used by Google as the option is …
Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps- an Interview with Mike Dobson
Of the many new features in Google Maps of late, none seemed more important than the recent change in underlying data providers and Google taking over these tasks themselves. This change shows in Maps visually with the inclusion of new land & property parcel data, the change of the copyright message in US maps and …
Google Maps: Six reasons why your listing might “go South” & some tips to cope
It has been a time of great change in Google Maps with new technology and processes rolling out at a torrid pace. Part of that change has apparently resulted in some shakeups in the rankings. I have received a number of inquiries as to why a certain listing has dropped or disappeared from view in the …
Flagged Waiting for Content Check Redux
Now that the message “System Error – We’re sorry, but we are unable to serve your request at this time. Please try back in a few minutes.” has ridden into the sunset (does that seem to be a too terribly clichèd metaphor?) I can focus on my second least favorite error message in the world …
Visitation Stats Showing Gains for Chrome and Severe Share Loss for IE Amongst the Local Crowd
I know that I have a skewed readership (in more ways than one…). As my programmer said to me: “Wow. Go IE! Go far, far away!” It appears that Local Geeks don’t use IE but I still find these browser stats telling none the less as I like to think of us the “vanguard”: 1. …
Google Maps Implements New Semantic Search with a Brooklyn Accent
Even after staring at Maps for so many years, sometimes Map search results can still bring a smile particularly when it sounds like my grandmother. The search for Dui Lawyer Long Island (the dirty bums 🙂 ) brought back this Brooklyn Semantic Search result (with the emphasis on the G):
Google Replaces Tele Atlas Data in US with Google StreetView Data
There has been a lot of activity of late in Google Maps with rollout of Places and its attendant controversy, tests of the new Local Listing Ads, Ads in the iPhone, Streetview in Canada & the Czech Republic and lots, lots more. I was at SMX East when Google Maps announced both more detailed Maps …
Google Local Listing Ads: Summary of articles & resources
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 …
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