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Cellphones as Credit Cards? Americans Must Wait Leslie Berlin, NY Times It is almost certain that mobile-phone payments will eventually come to the United States. After all, the technology promises something for everyone involved: Credit-card companies would have a new way to attract and keep customers and would save money by no longer sending cards …
Local 10 Pack Tweaked – review links removed from listing
Update 1/22/09: Reviews are back in the Local 10 Pack once again It appears that over the past 48 hours Google has rolled out a tweak to the Local 10 Pack layout that removes the number of reviews and the link to the reviews in Maps and simply has the More link on all listings. …
Google Coupons see Large Decline in Major Markets Amongst SMB’s
There is the old marketing rule of thumb (written of course by marketers) that the time to grab market share is in a down market. The other marketing rule of the thumb is that coupon use goes up in down markets. According to a recent NY Times article In Lean Times, Online Coupons Are Catching On. …
Mapspam Reporting Looses Visibility In Map Support Groups
Update from Google’s Maps Guide Jen: “We’re working on a solution. In the meantime, we’ll try to be extra vigilant about the spam that is reported”. Google’s recent upgrade to their support forums has a number of pluses and a few minuses. The tighter integration with their Help System and the ease of locating the forums …
Google changes Bulk Uploads to Unverified in LBC – leads to loss of rank?
In an apparent change in the Local Business Center procedure & policy, Google is now classifying most some bulk uploads as “unverified”. This change has led a number of posters in the new support forums (here, here, here & here) to question the new classification and note a significant loss of rank for their listings. Google’s …
Google Maps features launched in the last 6 months of 2008
Remembering what happened yesterday is difficult let alone what happened last month. Google Maps changes so quickly and the odds of any one person seeing and knowing every change is quite small. The net result is a frequent banter amongst the Localites (David Mihm, Matt McGee, Steve Espinosa, Martijn Beijk, Will Scott, Miriam Ellis etc) …
Local AdWord ads now more integrated with Maps
On Tuesday, Google announced that Adwords displayed in Maps would not open to an info window that “will feature new interactive links that are designed to connect users to your business quickly”. Currently the new adwords info bubbles are only showing in the Map View. Note that the ads at the bottom of the Map …
Google Groups for Maps Moved to new Forum Platform
As noted several weeks ago, Google Groups for Maps was being moved to new Forum Platform. That switch has now taken place. From the Lat Long Blog: Our Google Map Help Group now has a new home! You may have already heard of (or tried out) the new Google Help Forums. Today, our Google Maps Help Group will be moving …
Locai 2008- Miriam Ellis – Most Important Search Pieces in 2008
Miriam Ellis, along with her husband, operates Solas Web Design, a web design & local seo company focusing on the small business marketplace. She writes frequently on small business issues at her blog, SEO Igloo. When she isn’t writing on her blog or commenting here, you will also find her guest blogging, moderating and writing at: …
Loci 2008 – Rand Fishkin – The year in Local 2008
Rand Fishkin , of SEOMoz, needs no introduction from me. Here are his favorites: *** Sure – here goes: http://www.davidmihm.com/local-search-ranking-factors.shtml from David Mihm http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-world-series-spidering-problem from Will Critchlow http://paulgraham.com/cities.html by Paul Graham Hope that helps! Rand
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