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Old November 14th, 2009, 09:05 AM
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Google removes Local Business Ads??
Has anyone else noticed that Google has removed ALL local business ads for SEO Companies?? Try typing in "LA SEO Company" "Houston SEO Company" "New York SEO Company" or any city for that matter and I'm now seeing ZERO listings!! What's up with that?? Does anyone have any news or word on what Google is up to or if they plan or restoring those thousands of listings??
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sorry, can you explain what you're asking a bit better? a quick search for LA SEO Company in both web and maps show the proper search hits to me, in both g.com and g.ca....

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I'm talking about the Google Local Business Map Listings. I'm in Houston, TX and for the past few days I'm seeing ZERO map listings for any city level keyword with SEO in it. Try typing in "Houston SEO Company" or "Miami SEO Company" and let me know what you see. Where are you located? (although I do not think it matters)
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This is an issue. it effects web design, advertising agencies...etc. its effected the full network for local searches.
This will return. probable cleaning up all the spam.

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I'm talking about the Google Local Business Map Listings. I'm in Houston, TX and for the past few days I'm seeing ZERO map listings for any city level keyword with SEO in it. Try typing in "Houston SEO Company" or "Miami SEO Company" and let me know what you see. Where are you located? (although I do not think it matters)
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Old November 24th, 2009, 08:26 AM
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Are you guessing or do you know they will return the listings? Have you heard anything specifically?
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Old November 24th, 2009, 08:42 AM
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Yes guy from google told me.
He said that the issue started in america and they took every listing off the results page. This is everywhere.
there is an actual post in maps help centre also explaining it.
The results that involve advertising agency, web design, graphic designer, marketing..etc all got pushed off.
They have been removing listings for the last two months now.
They are also introducing the streetview into the listing when they return.
I had a number of client experience this in different sectors.
Also The introduce the compulsory google catagory choice.

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^Aliv8tdwould you mind giving us a heads up on this.I am very much affected with this sorta Google dance since got a lot of clients for local listings that dropped in ranking due to this.
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sigh...sorry, thought that all of us involved in LOCAL search (google maps) would know about the bug in their algo and what's been happening AND that they "fixed" it once and that had a "hiccup" they then stated and now it's undergoing rollouts in some areas etc etc. etc.

dont' have the time to fully explain but here's links to same, eh!

Barry's blog

this has links to the G help forums where this is all being discussed now...as well as to Webmaster World forum posts where the same is happening....too!

I'd say if you've clients in the LOCAL search arena, you SHOULD test for their own inclusions in both web and maps searches...and note whether those changes have occurred in your own community...too....



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no problems.
this is not a Google dance. more of a clean up.
too many sites spamming page one.
Lots of companies jumping on the band wagon.
Google is logging the isp's that submit the listings too.
Also reviews are being checked for spam.
I have been marketing maps for over 2 years now.
there is now an integration of the map listing with the adwords


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^Aliv8tdwould you mind giving us a heads up on this.I am very much affected with this sorta Google dance since got a lot of clients for local listings that dropped in ranking due to this.
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JVRudnick disagrees: read my post...click the link...and learn...sigh...
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do you have a link to that post you're referring to?
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cant post link
search "web design google maps removed" on google and read the second link from GOOGLE not a blog.


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Old November 24th, 2009, 10:52 AM
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Just for your knowledge type "online advertising company burnley" what do you see?
It can be over come.

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sigh...sorry, thought that all of us involved in LOCAL search (google maps) would know about the bug in their algo and what's been happening AND that they "fixed" it once and that had a "hiccup" they then stated and now it's undergoing rollouts in some areas etc etc. etc.

dont' have the time to fully explain but here's links to same, eh!



this has links to the G help forums where this is all being discussed now...as well as to Webmaster World forum posts where the same is happening....too!

I'd say if you've clients in the LOCAL search arena, you SHOULD test for their own inclusions in both web and maps searches...and note whether those changes have occurred in your own community...too....



Jim

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Thanks dude Aliv!
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glad to help.
JVRudnick no more sighs or was it something that you just didnt know.
you could at least remove you disagreement.
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If people start promoting aggressively for a particular set of keywords then Google would make sure that noone can target those keywords using "Press Release Promotion" , "Video promotion", or "Local Business Listing".
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