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Entries for the ‘Local Search’ Category

“YouTube videos in Google Maps”

My original understanding of thwe featured videos available through the Local Business Center was clearly incorrect. Seeing as you need to upload the videos to YouTube to add them to your Local Business Listing, this is not likely an avenue that we will want to pursue. While I love the integration if the Google Products [...]

“Google Local Business Center Allows Free Form Categories Now”

rusty brick at SEO Roundtable seems to have managed the trick that all of us in the Local Business Center have been waiting for. He reports being able to utlize custom categories! No more relying on the limited, InfoSpace -y, wanna-be-junk! View The Full Post With Screenshots Blogged with the Flock Browser

“Multiplatform Yellow Pages Usage On the Rise”

The competition’s study is out,and according to them, they’re in like Flint. read more | digg story

Disappearing 10-Boxes

It looks like Google has pulled all of the 10-Box Results from the SERPs. Testing in 49 markets is in progress, but it looks like in all 49 results are returning NO 10-boxes, and 3-boxes instead. In addition, a new blend is popping up: Local Business results in the right hand column. Also, Video Results: [...]