Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Yahoo Local"
Yahoo Local makes me feel good
Many small business people feel embattled, besieged and forgotten. The move toward the “free” business listings of the Internet has removed one monkey from their back – the FUD of the Yellow Pages only to replace it with the inscrutable Google Maps. Small business people hate standing in line and begging for help ala Google …
Nominees in Local Search category: 2008 SEMMY Awards
The following are the nominees in the Local Search category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards. The judge(s) will narrow this group down to 5-6 finalists. Congratulations to all nominees! Thanks for the recognition! Local Search Interviews, Information, and Resources Michael Gray, Graywolf | 2/5/07 Location Prominence and Differences in Local OneBox and Google Maps Bill …
Google Maps gaining market share vs. MapQuest
Heather Hopkins at Hitwise has analyzed MapQuest and Google Maps traffic trends in her post GoogleMaps Making Inroads Against Leader, Mapquest that clearly demonstrates how Google controls their own traffic destiny. Her main points: • US visits to Maps websites is up 10% year on year and MapQuest is still the leader, receiving more than …
Most read articles for 2008
Here are the top 10 read articles from Understanding Google Maps over the past 12 months: 1. Which On-line Directories provide details to Google Maps 2. First Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps 3. Google Coupons now has searchable interface 4. Now taking Nominations for the Rubber Chicken Awards 5. Sources for Google …
Google Maps Vs. Yahoo Local Smackdown from a programmer’s perspective
I had an interesting conversation with a programmer whom I respect this morning who was looking at Yahoo Local and Google Maps business listings (in an industry that presumably has nearly 100% website penetration). He pointed out the following: • Google and Yahoo seem to have almost the same name/address/phone info • But Google has …
Yahoo Local and the New York florist
You’ve heard about User Generated Content? Now you can read about my brief stint as an omnipotent guardian of local data integrity in a new article:Yahoo Local Now Features “User Denigrated Content” at Search Engine Land.
Yahoo Local Mapspam now appearing near you
I have not paid much attention to Yahoo Local over the past few months. It isn’t as interesting to me as Google, it lacks the intriguing technology of the Local Business Center, its algorythms seem simpler and it generates less traffic and thus plays less of a role in my client’s sites. The simpler input …
Local Links of Interest
Experiment with Google Voice Local Search -Naturalsearchblog Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search -ZDNET Blogs, Russell Shaw Local Mobile Search Ready to Roll?-Greg Sterling, Screenwerk Yahoo! Real Estate Updates Home Values Search with Maps and Local -Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog Measuring the Impact of Universal Search on Local Search Traffic …
Mapping Market Share
Chris Coad at the Complete.com Blog has an interesting summary of Map Provider Market share. His conclusions: Though traffic is down more than 20% from it’s peak in June, MapQuest remains the king of online map services with over twice the traffic of it’s nearest competitor. Google Map’s functionality has allowed it to nearly double …
Yahoo introduces Local Maps Suggestion Board
locally type(d) has a write up of the new Yahoo Local/Maps suggestion board where users can suggest, comment and vote on the best ideas for improvement. If you have a idea for Yahoo Local you canmake your suggestion here. I find the differing approaches of Google and Yahoo to map corrections/suggestions of interest. Yahoo one …
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