Mike Blumenthal

Google has changed much more than the order of the guidelines with this update. The guidelines are more rigorous and specific than they have been in the past. I have noted in italics those sections which are completely new. Previous Listing Guidelines – Ordered to Match new Guidelines New Business Listing Guidelines & Order Ownership …

Barry at SEORoundtable has just reported that Google Maps has just updated the Business Listing Guidelines. Here are the new Guidelines: Business Listing Quality Guidelines Local Business Center Guidelines Business Listings in Local Business Center must have correct information about physical, local businesses, as they appear in the real world. Google reserves the right to …

This post appeared yesterday in the Maps Help Forums in response to my poll and poll results as to how one should name a business for Maps: Since we rolled out the most recent set of Local Business Center Quality Guidelines, we’ve seen a number of questions about which business titles are appropriate, and which …

Google rolled out updated quality guidelines today: Quality Guidelines: Only enter listings for businesses that you own or are explicitly authorized to represent. Represent your business exactly as it appears in the offline world. The name on Google Maps should match the business name, as should the address, phone number and website. Do not attempt …

Today Google Maps has introduced quality guidelines for business listings in the Google Maps. Google has also now provided a reinclusion option. Both are available via the Google Maps Help Center. Quality Guidelines: The following items outline practices that could result in your business listings being permanently removed from Google Maps. While they cover the …