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Chances are you’ve seen me complain about Google local suggest throwing local results in for queries that shouldn’t be local. IMHO unless I specify a local parameter you shouldn’t be suggesting one. I understand that might be personal preference. Recently, however, I’ve seen queries with local results that contradict the one included in the search term. IMHO this reaffirms how broken and nearly useless Google SERP’s are becoming today.
Recently, I was doing a search for [beaches of the caribbean] and Google decided it would be helpful to include local results from my nearest ISP location, Bellmore*.
If I am searching for locations that aren’t populated/well established, I could understand Google not quite getting the location name. But if Google is as intuitive as they want us to believe, then it should know full well the “Caribbean” is a location. And Bellmore is a location. But Bellmore is on Long Island, New York. The Caribbean is about 2000 miles south. The way Google is currently guessing makes the search suggestions as annoying and useless as Microsoft clippy. However, unlike Microsoft, Google treats us like children and doesn’t give us the ability to turn it off. Please Google stop coddling the developers and releasing half-baked functions into the algorithm. At this point it’s becoming embarrassing.
*For those of you with really good memories, I actually live in Wantagh not Bellmore. But that’s ok, since almost every ISP trace routine lists me as Bellmore.
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Google local can be a bit of an achilles heel for the search giant. Today, looking for flights to Chicago, Anthony came across this little number (cheers dude!)Firstly, I want a cheap flight to Chicago so I’m not even sure why I’m seeing a map of Chicago. It doesn’t seem very relevant does it? Secondly, [...]
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Since Google said they where adding new features to Google Local to stop the spam I thought I would keep an eye out, normally I am banner blind to maps these days..
But how the hell do you get Covent Garden’s Hidden Village shopping centre, Adidas (Twice) and a Pay as you go car hire company !! some help me understand..
Google Local gets cleaners in london mixed up
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Cleaners in London – google local wtf ?
Google has published a new set of guidelines for local businesses using the Local Business Center — guidelines that continue to get more specific to counter the very specific ways small businesses spammers try to bend or completely get around the rules.
In a nutshell, there are three completely new guidelines that deal with spam/attempts to take advantage of the LBC system:
- The business name on Google Maps must be your full legal business name.
- PO Boxes do not count as physical locations.
- A property for rent is not considered a place of business. Please create one listing for the central office that processes the rentals.
I went into more detail on the changes in this Search Engine Land post. There’s also some great discussion in the comments on Mike Blumenthal’s post about the new guidelines.
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This is a post from Matt McGee’s blog, Small Business Search Marketing.
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