{"id":21343,"date":"2018-01-25T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21343"},"modified":"2018-01-25T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:05:34","slug":"google-local-spam-hall-of-shame-the-naming-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/25\/google-local-spam-hall-of-shame-the-naming-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Local Spam Hall of Shame &#8211; The Naming Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have previously noted naming abuses in the jewelry world around Toronto. Every once in a while I attempt to edit them for some rational outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Rational outcomes though are sorely not part of the current Google business name edit world.<\/p>\n<p>I rename, get approved, owner (or seo on their behalf) changes back. Rinse, Repeat. Rinse, repeat. Rinse, repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Being a Local Guide Extraordinaire, my edits are instantly approved, over and over. \u00a0How sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21345\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-8.41.49-AM-520x40.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-8.41.49-AM-520x40.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-8.41.49-AM-300x23.png 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-8.41.49-AM.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google is nothing if not consistent.<\/p>\n<p>Either the rules are the rules. Or they are NOT the rules. Make up my mind so I can exit the hamster wheel (OK I don&#8217;t need Google&#8217;s permission&#8230; I might just stop) .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21344\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/23bx7y.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21346\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-9.01.46-AM-457x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-9.01.46-AM-457x600.png 457w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-9.01.46-AM-152x200.png 152w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-9.01.46-AM.png 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have previously noted naming abuses in the jewelry world around Toronto. Every once in a while I attempt to edit them for some rational outcome. Rational outcomes though are sorely not part of the current Google business name edit world. I rename, get approved, owner (or seo on their behalf) changes back. Rinse, Repeat. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21347,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}