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On Completing your Google Local Listing

August 7, 2009

A post over at Mike Blumenthal’s blog on Understanding Google Maps & Local Search regarding receiving a score of 100% in the Local Business Center for completeness of your Local Listing got me thinking. Carter Maslan, Director of Product Management for Google answered a series of questions from Mike back in June about the new ...

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At long last, the question is answered! “How many people are clicking on my Google Maps listing?”

June 4, 2009

2 days ago Google launched a new dashboard for the Local Business Center, allowing users to see the statistical data associated with use of their local listings. The information available is as follows (taken directly from an entry on the Google Lat Long Blog):   Impressions: The number of times the business listing appeared as ...

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New Survey – Google Local Business Center Feedback

May 27, 2009

I was reviewing a client’s Google local listing today and I noticed a link to a Google Local Business Center Feedback survey that I hadn’t seen before. It’s not showing up in all my client accounts, just some of them. I took the survey, it allows space at the end to include the things you ...

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Duplicate listings in Google Local

April 21, 2009

There have been some changes recently to the way that Google is returning local listings in both the 10-pack and Google Maps. Businesses that have consistently maintained high profile listings for competitive keywords have noticed their listings dropping from sight. New listings have been showing up containing incorrect contact information and in some cases reflecting ...

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