Local listings are an increasingly large part of search. Google places results now pop up at the top of search results automatically. This is good news for local businesses. If you have a physical location, you better take full advantage of the opportunity!

You should always start by claiming your business on Google Places, then work your way down by submitting information to Yahoo Local, YellowPages.com, and maybe even Bing Local. From there, you want to convince search engines that your ...

Google Hides “Dead” Girl on Google Maps: “This Image Is No Longer Available”

Last week, we reported on the apparent dead girl on Google Maps. As it turned out, the dead girl was “playing” dead in the street just as Google’s imaging van drove by. The widespread media frenzy over the photo ultimately prompted Google to remove the image from Google Places, reporting a blank image with the message ...

Dead Girl on Google Maps?

(No, But it Sure Looks Like It)

This image from Google Maps appears to show a dead girl lying in the street in Worcester, UK. Thankfully, as reported by the UK Press, the girl is a 10-year old playing dead just as Google’s van passed by and snapped this frame.  You can see the map itself Read the Full Article Here...

Google Local Maps Stickers Come to the US

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Google’s December 2009 announcement that it would be issuing Google Maps “Favorite Place” location markers has now come true. Google has begun shipping the stickers to US-based business. We were fortunate enough to see one of the first stickers shipped in the US (the program was tested in the UK late last year and led to ...

Google 7-Pack Replaces 10-Pack

As a firm with multiple local clients, we constantly monitor Google’s local map results.  Well, as of yesterday, the familiar local map with 10 listings begin (familiarly called the 10-pack) ...

How Does Google Local Order Its Results?

February 2010 Update:

We originally published this post in July of 2008. Since then, ranking in Google Local is more elusive, and a more complex algorithm is applied to local rankings. So, we’ve updated this post as noted.

I believe deeply in Google Local. I believe that ...

Google local is bad news for the yellow pages.

Google local enables business owners to rank highly, and with a special entry, in local searches for their products and services.

The benefits of Google Local entries are many-fold:

• Google local entries are blended with regular results for most searches.
• Google local entries are always presented at the top of the natural search results.
• Google local entries are presented with a google map of the business or site location, which appears prominently, and helps your customers ...
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