seroundtable.com - 3/6/2009
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a story named Google Maps Closes Down Business When it is Still in Operation. In short, Google labelled a business in Google Maps as being closed, when it was actually in business and servicing...
searchengineland.com - 3/3/2009
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The Google Maps Mania Blog reports that Twitter
in conjunction with Google Maps has helped locate a...
couple lost skiers. The blog post said, “group of technology entrepreneurs on a skiing vacation in Verbier in the Alps lost two of their party.” Alex Hoye used Twitter to send out the ...
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Twitter & Google Maps Help Find Lost Skiers
seroundtable.com - 3/12/2009
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seroundtable.com —
I found a unique and somewhat weird post
at a Google Webmasters Help thread. Let me quote...
the request for you: I hope you can help find my husbands truck using your technology. 7 welding trucks have been stolen in...
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Car Stolen? Find It With Google Maps?
seroundtable.com - 3/10/2009
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Google Maps Allows Third Parties To “Close” Local Businesses
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing —
... the community to edit Maps listings for time. That has generally not been abused to my knowledge, despite some issues with mapspam. Today Barry posted at SEO Roundtable that anyone could go in and request that a business listing be permanently removed because the location was, allegedly, permanently closed: ...
Daily Search Coverage & Link Finds: March 6, 2009
Cartoon Barry Blog —
... Daily Search Coverage:
Google UK tests classic Sitelinks. Close businesses down in Google Maps. Google Malware doesn't look at the cache. Beat Google in court. Are you weathering the recession? Twitter pushes search to some. Search in Pictures features Yahoo's 14th birthday. Check out my detailed video recap, would love your feedback.
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Google UK Testing "Classic" One Line Sitelinks
"Place Closed" In Google Maps: Close Your Competitors Down on Google
Google Malware ...
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 6, 2009
Search Engine Roundtable —
... Google has been very proactive about cleaning their index of pages that contain malware. In fact, they have stepped up the email notifications to webmasters with these issues. So I have been seeing thread after thread in a multitude of forums on malware related topics. A Google Webmaster Help thread has one person asking if he should check the Google Cache to see if Google indexed the cleaned up version of his site. In response "Place Closed" In Google Maps: Close Your Competitors Down on Google A few weeks ago, I wrote a story named Google Maps Closes Down Business When it ...
Reopening Your Business on Google Maps Can Take Two Weeks
Search Engine Roundtable —
Earlier this month, we informed people how one can close down a business on Google Maps without being that business owner. Since then, Google has ...
How Google Maps Can Seriously Hurt Your Business
Search Engine Roundtable —
In the past couple of weeks, we showed how Google Maps can cause real pain for some business owners. I first showed you how you can close down competitors on Google Maps and then I showed how your business listing can ...
Six Years Covering the Search Marketing Community
Search Engine Roundtable —
... of 10 Local Results Now Google Bug Removes Web Designers in Local Pack Google Maps to Fix One Web Box Result Bug Google Gets Generic on Local Web Search Queries Google Maps Navigation Makes iPhone Users & Others Jealous of Droid Google Maps New Bulk Upload Verification Process Blue Google Map Pins in Google AdWords Results Google Maps Helps Businesses Find Themselves Google Adds "Is This Accurate" To Map Details on Web Search "Place Closed" In Google Maps: Close Your Competitors Down on Google Google to Sprinkle Ads ...
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Firefox 3 Catches Internet Explorer 6 —
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