{"id":8,"date":"2006-09-26T09:26:04","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2006-09-26T09:26:04","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:26:04","slug":"does-google-maps-have-a-sandbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/26\/does-google-maps-have-a-sandbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Google Maps have a sandbox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 6 months ago I was requested by a local client to get them listed (or rather improve their listings) in Google Maps and Yahoo local.<\/p>\n<p>I made a series of changes to the listing, helped them get their reviews improved, modified their business categories. On Yahoo the results showed up within a week.<\/p>\n<p>On Google however the local listing was mired on page two and despite many of the same changes, didn&#8217;t go anywhere. This past Sunday, the listing has moved to the number one spot on the Google search page.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"Google Map results for theBeefeatersRestaurant.com\" alt=\"Google Map results for theBeefeatersRestaurant.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/beefeaters.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This raises several questions but the obvious one is: Does Google Maps have a Sandbox?<\/p>\n<p>It would seem likely that they do. But the question that I have is: Is this just a function of their data update cycle or is it a more formal protocol that they follow.<\/p>\n<p>Over the 6 month period, I had noticed that the reviews from citysearch.com that seemed to influence the standing on this listing were updated on Google. 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