411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017Google says it has reduced fake Google Maps listings by 70% since 2015searchengineland.com - Barry SchwartzGoogle announced that they have heard about all the Google Maps spam issues over the years and have taken several steps to reduce the fake results in …
411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSpam In, Garbage Out – Why Google’s Recent Paper on Map Spam is Flawedblumenthals.com - Mike BlumenthalThe claim made by Google that “…fewer than 0.5% of local searches lead to fake listings” in Google search is NOT a conclusion that can be drawn from …
411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017Google Map Maker is now deadverified_publisherTechCrunch - Sarah PerezGoogle announced late last year that it would shut down Map Maker, its older, online tool that allowed anyone to contribute updates to Google Maps. The service, which had been around since 2008, let users correct or fill in missing map content – like place details, roads, business information and …
411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017Google My Business Adds URL Attributes For Other Business Informationseroundtable.com - Barry SchwartzGoogle quietly added a feature to the Google My Business spreadsheet uploads to enter URL attributes. These URL attributes can be used to link to …
411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017Just released: 2017 Local Search Ranking Factors survey resultssearchengineland.com - Matt McGeeAt the risk of oversimplifying what it takes to rank in local search results in 2017, links and reviews are hot. That’s one of the many conclusions …
411 Locals 866-391-0622flipped into 411 LOCALS NEWSLETTER APR 3-16, 2017Google Tests Displaying Number Of Reviews Left By Reviewerseroundtable.com - Barry SchwartzGoogle seems to be testing showing the number of reviews a reviewer has under his or her belt in the reviews snippet for local search results. Here …
