{"id":364,"date":"2008-01-06T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T15:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/06\/google-maps-business-location-bulk-upload-still-not-working\/"},"modified":"2008-01-06T11:16:44","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T15:16:44","slug":"google-maps-business-location-bulk-upload-still-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/06\/google-maps-business-location-bulk-upload-still-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Map&#8217;s Business Location Bulk Upload Still Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MapsGuide Jen had noted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/3e69ce08263aaa1b\/\">Google Group &#8211; Maps for Business<\/a> that the bulk upload <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/local\/add\/helpFeeds?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\">had been fixed<\/a> as of January 4th. That &#8220;fact&#8221; was reported <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/29\/google-maps-bulk-upload-now-broken-in-lbc\/\">here<\/a> and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/archives\/015861.html\">SearchEngine Roundtable<\/a>. However according to recent posts in the Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/39e8dd16705ec8b9?hl=en\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/777fe65d94f579c8?hl=en\">here<\/a>) it appears  that the bulk upload feature is still not working. This feature has been missing in action since approximately December 20th.<\/p>\n<p>While Google has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/archives\/014403.html\">reportedly been working on changes<\/a> to the Bulk Upload feature to minmize Mapspam, it appears that MapSpam has also <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/21\/today%e2%80%99s-google-mapspam-report-75-chance-of-rain\/\">been on the upswing<\/a> of late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MapsGuide Jen had noted in the Google Group &#8211; Maps for Business that the bulk upload had been fixed as of January 4th. That &#8220;fact&#8221; was reported here and at SearchEngine Roundtable. However according to recent posts in the Group (here and here) it appears that the bulk upload feature is still not working. 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