More Changes On Google Places
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It happened again – Google Places has changed. This time the shift coincided with the return of the lost descriptions (a Google Employee confirmed a few days ago that there was some special treatment in place regarding the listing descriptions). In addition, Google announced changes to the sitelinks. Currently, a branded search result might look like this: Although Google claimed …
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Local SEO Tools: Whitespark Local Citation Finder
Tools are making the lives of many local SEO specialists easier. I have decided to start a new series of articles dedicated to the tools of local search optimization. The one I’m going to start with is the Local Citation Finder from Whitespark. Here are the main reasons why: – citations are a vital part of local SEO – the …
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A Few Ways To Deal with Google Places Problems (Part 2)
Some time ago I wrote the first part of what I hope to become a series – “A Few Ways To Deal with Google Places Problems.” The frequently encountered issues discussed were: A) “We currently do not support the location” status B) Missing or incorrect information on Google Places – Just the additional details missing – Erroneous or outdated data …
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Google Showing More Photos in The Branded One-Box
About a month ago, after deciding to stop showing images next to the Google Places results in the organic SERP, the only place they were left was on the branded one-box. They were showing up at the side of the business information. A few days ago, a major update was launched and many things on the Place page itself changed. …
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What The Changes on Google Places Really Mean for Local SEO And The Small Business
On 21 July 2011, Google rolled one of the biggest updates for this year on its “Places” property. Currently everyone is talking about the changes that occurred, and they are wondering if these affected the rankings of the listings. The truth is that the update was simply on the interface of the Google Places and had nothing to do with …
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Google Places Interface and Reviews Changes
Changes in Google Places occur daily and it is often difficult to keep up with the speed of what is happening. A new one was announced yesterday on the Google LatLong blog. It includes numerous tweaks, some of which might not really be in taste for many small business owners working hard on getting good reviews for their business on …
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Consequences of The Google Places Pending Review Status
There is nothing predictable with Google Places. That statement has been proven on numerous occasions, when completely out of the blue something happens and millions of listings go pending review. The case from the last week is neither the first, nor (I suppose) would be the last, so everyone used to dealing with Google’s whims was not that surprised. However, …
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Review Spam on Google Places – Photographers’ Torment
Google Places review spam is neither something new, nor surprising for anyone. However, cases proceed intriguing me and they become from bad to worse day after day, and Google seems unable to deal with the task of being the protector of good over evil. In fact, the problems with spam/scam are so many that I am wondering if I should …
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Google Places Pending Review. A Bug?
Update: The problem was resolved and all the listings should now be “Active” again. Here is the comment by Google Employee Brianna: As many of you have noticed, this issue has been resolved by our engineers. Listings that reverted to “Pending – being reviewed” on 7/18/11 are restored to Active. If you still have any listings that are marked as …
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Missing Google Places Reviews – Same Old
What is the biggest frustration of a dedicated small business owner regarding their online reputation? Some could say it would be seeing a bad comment about their service/product somewhere on the Web. I’d say losing tens of legitimate, hard-earner reviews beats that. There are hundreds of such examples being reported on the Google Places Help Forum in the last week. …
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