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Time for this week’s update on my wife’s merged Google Places listings nightmare. This is the third installment, and things have gotten slightly better since the last update. You may recall that this began in mid-January when Google emailed to let me know that it would un-merge her Places listing and then re-merge it again. And two weeks later, it happened just as Google promised. At that point, my wife’s listing was merged with two other real estate agents in the same building. This is how it looked:
As you can see, very little of the info on that page was coming from her listing. So, I used the “Report a Problem” link at the bottom of the page (and I may have also used the Google Places troubleshooter, not sure) and continued to pound away at this listing, trying to get it right. I explained that the Place page was showing data from three different listings and even included a link to my second article with all the details. Things are a little better now, but still not fixed. Here’s how it looks tonight:
The photos are still messed up, and the business name is being pulled from Dallas’ listing. (It was coming from Cari’s listing two nights ago, though! Ack!) But everything else — website, phone numbers, business hours, description, categories, etc. — is coming from Cari’s listing. Baby steps, right? I’m not sure what my next step will be. I’ll probably just pound away again at the “Report a Problem” link and the troubleshooter forms, and include links to all of these posts. And hopefully the next update will include even better news…. Don’t you just LOVE local search and Google Places??!!?? Hey! RSS Subscriber: Have you purchased my e-book, “How to SEO Your Site in 60 Minutes”? If not, what are you waiting for? It’s only $25 (for the time being). Find out why Search Engine Guide said, “I can almost promise that following the advice in the book will earn you your money back ten to one hundred times over.” Here’s where to learn more: E-Book: How to SEO Your Site in 60 Minutes. This is a post from Matt McGee's blog, Small Business Search Marketing. MORE NEWS FROM SMALL BUSINESS SEMFacebook Isn’t the Right Fit for Every BusinessYou may have seen this article already: I put my family business on Facebook. Here’s what happened. How NOT To Get Good Reviews in Google PlacesThe topic of fake reviews in Google Places (which has been around for what seems like forever) is getting airtime on Denver TV. Why I’m Not Sure Google Will “Nail” the Places-Plus IntegrationDavid Mihm wrote an epic post earlier this week about the eventual merge/integration of Google Places and Google Plus. (It would help if you read that post before continuing on here.) SBSM Flashback: May 2011For those of you who are new SBSM readers & subscribers, here’s a list of noteworthy posts you probably missed from one year ago. I try to put together a post like this each month to introduce new readers to old content that might be worth reading. Google’s Freshness Algorithm in ActionReal quick post here (I hope) about fresh content in Google’s search results. Background Google has been emphasizing fresh content in its search results for some time now. That link goes back to November 2011, and when I write on Search Engine Land about Google’s monthly search quality ... RELATED SMALL BUSINESS NEWSHow to Create a Bold, Daring and Utterly Irresistible Pricing ModelThere’s a traditional, somewhat logical, pattern to how business has always been done. The seller describes a product or service, promise benefits, maybe even paints a rosy picture of the prospective buyer’s life with said product or service, and asks the buyer to pay a set price in order to a... What can content marketing do for your business?Content marketing. It seems like everyone’s talking about it. But what exactly is it and what can it do for your business? How and Why I Use LinkedIn Groups to Build My BusinessAs I’ve written here in the past, I think there are solid business reasons for participating in most social networks these days, but if your business sells primarily to other businesses, you must get more active on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is not the biggest or most talked about network these day, bu... Is Seek or Shout the Holy Grail for PR, Bloggers and the Disconnected Media?This is a guest post from Yvette Pistorio of Cision. Two shifts have dramatically changed the way media and public relations professionals interact over the past few years: the move away from email in favor of online social channels, and the emergence of versatile, freelance content creators who ar... Content marketing is important but not free!One of the things that irks me is when I hear a marketing “expert” extoll the virtues of content (or social or digital) marketing and to close the sale — they remind their audience — “and best of all, it’s free.” |
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