{"id":11482,"date":"2011-10-25T09:42:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2011-10-25T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T13:42:43","slug":"411locals-in-the-spotlight-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/25\/411locals-in-the-spotlight-again\/","title":{"rendered":"411Locals In the Spotlight Again"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>In May, Linda Buquet reported<\/a> on what turned out to be apparent sabotage of Places business listings by the local search firm 411Local. Here is a recent screen shot of a search in Maps still showing<\/a> the Places listing defacements.<\/p>\n

Well 411Local is back in the spotlight today. This post appeared<\/a> in the Google Places Forums:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
411locals is threatening to remove my places account<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Topic of your question (reviews, categories, duplicate listing, etc.):\u00a0 I have been getting call from 411 locals threatening to remove my places page.
\nYour business name as it is in your Google Places account:ArtKat Photography
\nYour business type\/category (e.g. photographer, hospital, etc.): Photography
\nURL(s) if applicable:www.artkatphotography.com<\/p>\n
Update:<\/div>\n
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2 years ago I did a 1 month trial with 411locals.net.\u00a0 They got everything wrong and I cancelled after 1 month of service.\u00a0 Since then I have made many updates to my places account and now, 2 years later, 411locals is calling and telling me “we have been updating your account and if you don’t sign up again we will remove it”\u00a0 Since I maintain it myself, I know this is not the case, but they have my PIN so I am afraid of the damage they will do to my places page.\u00a0 Any suggestions?\u00a010\/24\/11<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In May, Linda Buquet reported on what turned out to be apparent sabotage of Places business listings by the local search firm 411Local. Here is a recent screen shot of a search in Maps still showing the Places listing defacements. Well 411Local is back in the spotlight today. This post appeared in the Google Places …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t