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• Get a keyword stuffed Google Map listing with a virtual office thrown in for free!

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Creative abuses of Google Maps for profit always intrigue me and this “ad” is one that certainly wins an award for chutzpah. PanzerMike, never one to let a potential spamming competitor sneak through & frustrated by Google’s spam fighting efforts, sent me this example. Apparently with the real estate ...
  3 hours ago

• Google Local Business – 9 Steps to Adding Your Google Local Listing

  
  Bonehead SEO — Authority: 458
  What follows are 9 easy steps to getting your local business into Google. First, visit http://www.Google.com/local/add and sign in with your Google account. If you don’t already have one, you can get one for free. Click the button to add a new business listing. Fill in the required information. Your ...
  19 hours ago

• The best boureki on the web

  
  Organically cooked — Authority: 415
  Greek food blogging is highly competitive, or should I call it the Greek food blogosphere (depending on which one will get me more ratings): a day in the life of The Best Greek Food Blogger...Kalimera everybody, and what a kali mera it is! What about a morning pick-me-up? How about some Greek coffee and a koulouraki ...
  1 day ago

• Local.com ranked third fastest growing local ad company

  
  Irvine Retail & Real Estate — Authority: 421
  Seems that if Irvine-based Local.com isn’t fighting off rumors it’s being bought by Microsoft then it’s getting on some fancy list. This time Local.com (NASDAQ: LOCM) has been named the third fastest growing local advertising company in North America. It was also ranked as the fifth fastest-growing public ...
  1 day ago

• Photo Experiment with the iPhone – the path to widespread mobile local adotion

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  It snowed again the other day, at the higher elevations that I travel to work. As the sun was rising over the hilltop, the contrasts, lighting and colors were striking and I embarked on an iPhone photo experiment to see how well I could capture the scenes with the low end camera in the phone. The iPhone 3gs offers ...
  2 days ago

• Milwaukee Seo | Local Google Listing

  
  Flimble Blog — Authority: 143
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  2 days ago

• Google Tinkers With Local Business Listing Requirements

  
  Scotland SEO Blog — Authority: 127
  If you have an offline presence that services a particular region then you should have an entry in Google’s Local Business Listing service. This is a service that is a part of Google Maps. Google will display a map with a list of local businesses when a search term has been entered. It should certainly [...]
  4 days ago

• Google Changes Guidelines AGAIN!

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Stefano Gorgoni has pointed out that Google has once again changed the Business Listing Guidelines as regards to legal business name, switching back to the standard that was in use previously: Previous Guideline New Guideline The business name on Google Maps must be your full legal business ...
  4 days ago

• Has Google Maps Fixed the OneBox Problem?

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Since August, there had been numerous complaints in the forums ( here , here , here , here ) and in this blog that Google was increasingly presenting the Authoritative OneBox on more general searches that should really be showing the Lucky 7 Pack. In late September there was an active post in the forum that ...
  4 days ago

• The Ultimate Competitive Intelligence

  
  The Reciprocal Consulting Blog — Authority: 127
  Here’s a woman who clearly has a competitive advantage . What should you do if you find yourself in this man’s position, where your ex-spouse is now your business competitor and knows the inner workings of your business? I think fake reviews is the least of this guy’s problems. He needs to combat her built-in ...
  5 days ago

• Local Search: News of the Weird

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  I love the intersection of Map and life and sometimes the things that I read provide a new angle that just wasn’t obvious before. This recent post in the Google Maps forums raises all sorts of questions. It falls into the category of “no wonder they are getting a divorce”: Date: October 31, 2009 4:17:25 PM ...
  5 days ago

• Google Maps and PO Boxes – When can they be used?

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Updated 11/05/09- Authoritative word on PO Boxes from Joel Headley of Google: PO Boxes have proven unverifiable and are called out as such. We’re working on providing the right solution for businesses that need to hide a home address, however. The poor man’s virtual ...
  6 days ago

• Federal Bust of Dependable Locksmith in Florida Strikes at Heart of National Locksmith Scams

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Update 3:30 11/05/09 : Glenn Younger of Grah Safe & Lock , forwarded me this piece from the RiverFrontTimes that details the scam and the charges. It’s a great read. A snippet: The complaint alleges that telephone dispatchers for Dependable Locks were instructed by managers to quote a price of $54 for a car ...
  6 days ago

• Google Local Business Center Analytics Reporting

  
  Social Media and all that other internet stuff — Authority: 127
  Seems Google local business center is offering two new options on your personal business listing admin panel. The first obvious change is the inclusion of local business analytics reporting showing impressions and actions taken on your local listing and a list of the words used to reach it.  The second is the ...
  6 days ago

• Local Universal Results Now Showing without Phone Number

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Update: 2:00 p.m. 11/05/09 : They’re up, they’re down, they’re up again. Phone numbers have returned. Please temporarily store your tin hats. The local world is buzzing this morning as it appears that Google has removed or perhaps lost the phone numbers from the Local Universal Results. Matt McGee noticed them ...
  6 days ago

• Dealing with multiple phone numbers in Google Local

  
  Blogstorm SEO blog — Authority: 488
  Google Local has a different algorithm to the main Google search engine and requires different optimisation methods. The main ranking factors for Google Local include elements such as citations and customer reviews as well as the usual link factors and the expected address and geographical factors. There has been ...
  6 days ago

• Bulk verification in Google Local

  
  Blogstorm SEO blog — Authority: 488
  We’ve been doing a lot of work with Google Local recently and have come across a lot of challenges. In the next few weeks we’re going to be covering some of the issues on the blog. Google allows businesses to add new listings or claim existing listings via the web interface but for businesses with thousands of ...
  6 days ago

• 5 Mobile Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business

  
  Wayne Liew Dot Com — Authority: 405
  Mobile marketing is becoming a big buzzword in business and marketing. I am predicting that it might become bigger than social media. Possible? Yeah! But why should you care as an entrepreneur or small business owner? Here are some stats from Mobile Marketing Trends 2009 to spice you up: Over 95% of new phones ...
  6 days ago

• Google Maps and PO Boxes – When can they be used?

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  The poor man’s virtual office, the PO Box, has been singled out in the new Business Listing Guidelines as they relate to your business address: Do not create listings at locations where the business does not physically exist. PO Boxes do not count as physical locations.(italics mine) Do not create more ...
  1 week ago

• New Google Maps Business Listing Guidelines – What’s Changed

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 605
  Google has changed much more than the order of the guidelines with this update. The guidelines are more rigorous and specific than they have been in the past. I have noted in italics those sections which are completely new. Previous Listing Guidelines – Ordered to Match new Guidelines New Business ...
  1 week ago

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