{"id":9143,"date":"2011-02-11T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2011-02-10T14:49:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:49:34","slug":"google-places-quality-guideline-minor-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/11\/google-places-quality-guideline-minor-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Places Quality Guideline Minor Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-will-drop-real-estate-search-listings-from-maps-62496\">ending<\/a> of Google&#8217;s real estate listing service in Maps, it was necessary for Google to update the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/places\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=107528\">Google Places Quality Guidelines<\/a> to reflect the fact that the service was no longer available as a listing option:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 520px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/03\/new-google-maps-business-listing-guidelines-whats-changed\/\">Previous Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/17\/google-places-updates-quality-guidelines\/\">New Quality Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><strong>Ineligible Business Models:<\/strong> Only businesses that make in-person contact with customers qualify for a Google Places listing.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\"><strong>Ineligible Business Models:<\/strong> Only businesses that make in-person contact with customers qualify for a Google Places listing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"TOP\">Rental properties, such as vacation homes or vacant apartments, are not eligible for a listing on Google Places. 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