breaking news via SEL that the Google Local Business Center is now displaying a new tab called “Service Areas and Location Settings.†This means that Google has finally listened and implemented one of the most requested feature for Google Maps. Finally service area’s and workers from home features appear to be a reality after they [...]
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Tracking Local Search traffic using Analytics
One of the most important things after you have registered your business is to know how much traffic this will get to your website. I’ve put up a very thorough tutorial on Mike Blumenthal’s blog and I suggest you all check it out. I’ll put up a part here in this post to give you [...]
New Help Resource for Local Business Center
Just before the weekend Google decided to launch a new help center. This time it is one that is well appreciated by small business owners and us local search people. Its a Help resource on how to set up the Local Business Center. You can find the all new help resource at the following link: [...]
Google Local Business Center awaiting updates
Mike was fast with his catch on the LBC awaiting an update! I wonder if it has something to do with his previous post that has drawn some attention. Anyway, here’s the screenshot! Update: as Maps Guide Brian posted in the Google Groups the Local Business Center will also undergo some maintenance the 6th of [...]
Quality Guidelines and reinclusion for Google Maps
Some technical difficulties with his blog doesn’t stop Mike to get up early today and post his very interesting findings on an update in the Google Maps Help Center. The Google Maps Help Center now contains some guidelines for your business inclusion and also, what to do when you got kicked out of Google Maps [...]
Local Business Center Oddities
It looks like the Local Business Center is tightening its submission policies and some oddities are starting to appear. This is the list so far: First, the use of too many capitals is being prohibited. The following screenshot shows an example of use of roman numbers and its being classified as ‘overuse’ of capitals. Sounds [...]
Fix incorrect marker option is back!
Word has that Google put back the ‘fix incorrect marker location’. Google Maps Guide Sirene posted this in the Google groups. So it’s not necessary anymore to use the trick I used for you US users to change the interface/engine by switching back to a European one, where we are still awaiting the updates. Screen [...]
Email preferences Local Business Center
I might be wrong on this one, but I just was presented with the following when entering the Local Business Center. I have never seen this message before (maybe because I’m normally using european google engines ) The Local Business Center is asking me to provide my email preferences as you can see in the [...]
Google confirms problems LBC and listens!
Google confirmed that there are some issues with the Local Business Center after the recent update. A lot of problems started to appear in the Google Groups. Yesterday Maps Guide Jen responded and said; Thanks for this feedback. We didn’t think that the “edit incorrect marker location” might still be necessary after verification, but you’ve [...]
Local Business Ads owners – please use the LBC to the fullest
This is a call to all Local Business Ads owners. If you are running an Adwords campaign for your Local Business Ads I’m quite sure you have entered your business details in the Local Business Center.Most probably you are running the Adwords campaign because you want people actually visiting your website. Well, best thing is, [...]
About Martijn
I'm Martijn Beijk, Digital Analytix Consultant with comScore. In my sparetime I specialize in Local Search.
My enthusiasm lays in Local & Mobile, including location-based services, context-awareness, semantic web and things as such.
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