Tag Archives: google maps

Google Places, Spam, Edits and More

If you’re a small business and you want to get to the first page of Google’s results then without a doubt Google Places is the vehicle of choice. This is primarily due to the fact that the good folks at Google , for some reason, have elected to show search results for local business front [...]

Top Local Search Ranking Factors For 2010

David Mihm has done it again and has published Volume 3 of Local Search Ranking Factors. This year David surveyed 34 local search experts to get their opinion on the top factors for ranking high in Google Maps. The participants were asked to rate the importance of 69 criteria with respect to their influence on [...]

Local Search Stories

Cathy Rhulloda created this using the Google Search Stories video creator on YouTube.