Posts Tagged ‘google-local’

Local Search Reading Suggestion

{ Posted on Jan 05 2010 by admin }
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Categories : Object
Mike Blumenthal is running an annual series of posts that involves a variety of people writing guest articles about important things that happened in local search during the previous year. I sent in a short piece a few days ago ...Read More »

Google Local Suggest Nearly Broken and Mostly Useless

{ Posted on Dec 29 2009 by admin }
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Categories : howl, pedia
Chances are you’ve seen me complain about Google local suggest throwing local results in for queries that shouldn’t be local. IMHO unless I specify a local parameter you shouldn’t be suggesting one. I understand that might be personal preference. Recently, however, I’ve ...Read More »

Flights to Chicago: Google Local spam

{ Posted on Dec 08 2009 by admin }
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Categories : davidnaylor
Google local can be a bit of an achilles heel for the search giant. Today, looking for flights to Chicago, Anthony came across this little number (cheers dude!)Firstly, I want a cheap flight to Chicago so I’m not even sure ...Read More »

Cleaners in London – google local wtf ?

{ Posted on Nov 09 2009 by admin }
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Categories : davidnaylor
Since Google said they where adding new features to Google Local to stop the spam I thought I would keep an eye out, normally I am banner blind to maps these days.. But how the hell do you get Covent Garden’s ...Read More »

New Google Local Listing Guidelines

{ Posted on Nov 03 2009 by admin }
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Google has published a new set of guidelines for local businesses using the Local Business Center — guidelines that continue to get more specific to counter the very specific ways small businesses spammers try to bend or completely get around ...Read More »