Following Mike’s example of Google still showing oneboxes on SEO related terms (which they banished some time ago ) I found another example where google decides to put up the onebox. Considering the Guidelines for inclusion in Google Maps you might find this example particularly funny.
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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 SEO in Travel
Yesterday I was reading the Google Maps help groups for business owners, and a question was raised if it was Okay with Google to submit (self contained) accommodations to the Local Business Center. we’re an accommodation provider with over 150 self contained holiday listings. We’d like each of these properties to appear on the local [...]
Google Maps Spam report option – tiny hooray for Google
This morning I read on Matt’s Blog that Google opened up a thread in the Google Maps Help Groups for Business Owners where we are now able to post our Google Maps spam issues. You can find it here In the meanwhile, colleague in the Local Search business, Mike Blumenthal featured a little story what [...]
Pain and hassles new Google Local Business Center
Google is changing their Local Business Center interface. For many of you, you will start thinking, YES! finally! Actually I like the new interface and it definitely encourages people to add more data to their business listings. In the old tabbed model you were able to just finish after entering your business details and forget [...]
Google Maps spam appearing in Europe – not only a problem in US
Map spam is starting to become a problem in Europe as well. Most of us might know (almost infamous) Mike Blumenthal for his ongoing vendetta against map spam and battering Google in the process. According to this article it says that Maps Guide Jen made the statement that businesses were only allowed to have only one listing [...]
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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