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Google Local Listing Ads: Random Thoughts
I was able to capture several variations of Local Listing Ad displays and captured them on a 1280 X 960 screen to get a sense of how many organic listings might show. I chose 1280px screen resolution as it is the display type of roughly 50% of current users. I removed tabs from my browser assuming …
Google Answers Some Local Listing Ad Questions
The newly announced Local listing ads are starting to appear on a limited basis in the wilds of San Francisco. David Mihm, the talented Local Search Expert, and I submitted a number of questions about this new trial to Google. –What will the range of prices be for a given market and category? –Will the …
Google is rolling out LBC Dashboard across Europe
Update 9/9/09: Viewers have spotted in India(!), Italy & UK as well. But still no reports from Canada 🙁 Martijn Beijk (Local Search Optimization) and Arjan Snaterse (Technical SEO Blog) have informed me that Google, starting late yesterday, has been rolling out the Local Business Center data rich Dashboard across Europe. Martijn noted on Twitter …
Google Maps: Are the 10 Packs Now the Lucky 7 Packs?
Reports have been coming into my inbox and from the forums since early this morning that Google Maps is now showing with great frequency a new Local Universal Result- the Lucky 7 Pack: The display is less cluttered and cleaner looking but once again limits valuable real estate and ups the ante on ranking. If …
Google LBC: Support to Be Available to Local Listing Ad Customers
Last night while at Marty Weintraub’s AimClear SMX East SchmoozFest, I was fortunate to meet Frederick Vallaeys of Google. He is the forthright (he gave me a business card!), communicative product evangelist for Adwords. He was on his way out the door but took the time to answer some of my questions about the newly …
Google Intros Local Listing Ads to LBC in Limited Markets
Google has started a limited rollout of a new fixed price SMB ad type in the San Diego and San Francisco market. The ad, which a new type of ad, which will be highlighted with a pushpin both on the ad and on the 10 Pack Map will be located directly above the 10 Pack …
SMX East – Announcing the 2009 Limited Edition SMX East Local T-Shirt
We are announcing, for immediate delivery, the availability of this year’s 2009 Limited* Edition SMX East Local T-Shirt! The shirt is intended to commenorate David Mihm’s Ultimate Local SEO Vanity Search & raise money for charity. All profits will be donated to Google to hire a customer support representative. 🙂 If for some reason they …
Google Maps: A Near Death Experience – Why did my listing Disappear & My Stats Drop to Zero?
Over the past 48 hours, both personally and in the forums I have seen a large number of inquiries as to why rankings had dropped, why reviews had disappeared, why citations had gone missing, why the LBC had stopped showing stats and impressions had dropped to zero in Google Maps. From the Forums in just …
ZOMG! Google Maps LBC Suspension Message Now in English!
Given how much I have complained about Google Map’s slightly sadistic & wildly misleading suspension message: System Error – We’re sorry, but we are unable to serve your request at this time. Please try back in a few minutes, I don’t know how I missed the recent transition to the new, improved & now easily …
Big Boobs Bounce Back to Top of Google Maps
Recently, Google Maps has been enforcing spam penalties more rigorously. Even Locksmith results seem to be improving. So it was surprising to see a report in the forums that the Authoritative OneBox was showing for this very broad search for Breast Augmentation New Jersey . Not only was it a single listing on a broad …
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