{"id":5193,"date":"2009-11-06T14:15:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2010-11-20T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T18:18:26","slug":"google-changes-guidelines-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/google-changes-guidelines-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Changes Guidelines AGAIN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diarizing.com\/\">Stefano Gorgoni<\/a> has pointed out that Google has once again changed the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/support\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=107528\">Business Listing Guidelines<\/a> as regards to legal business name, switching back to the standard that was in use previously:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 466px; height: 140px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/03\/new-google-maps-business-listing-guidelines-whats-changed\/\">Previous Guideline<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/support\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=107528\">New Guideline<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The business name on Google Maps must be your full legal business name.<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Represent your business exactly as it appears in the offline world. 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