Mike Blumenthal provides a full visual guide and analysis. Bing hits back on AdWords enhanced campaigns. Lots of advertising revenue forecasts. A new Google Places for Business interface rolls out. Here's a quick recap of search and social...
Mike Blumenthal was the first to spot a noteworthy change to the Google Offers help files: a discussion of Google+ check-ins and their purpose. While the help file was taken down in the aftermath of Blumenthal's report, TechCrunch snagged a copy.
According to Mike Blumenthal, Google may have been planning for this a lot longer. Blumenthal states he'd heard in "early September of Adword Account Reps instructing large Adword clients to take out ads in Google Maps in anticipation of this rollout.
Another high-profile fake closure was Barbara Oliver Mike Blumenthal is accurate, businesses can be labeled as closed with as little as one false report. The community reporting system for Google Places, which recently came under fire due to...
Much of the credit for getting Google moving on this issue goes to Mike Blumenthal, who, with the help of a friend last month, was able to report Google’s Mountain View headquarters as closed. Blumenthal offered the only workable remedy in an...
However, as noted by Mike Blumenthal, Google seems to be preparing a nationwide release, having launched the "gettexasonline.com" site and having transferred roughly a hundred domain names in the format of either "stategetonline.com" or...
While she couldn't provide the specific details of the error experienced by Blumenthal, she clarified that it was an isolated error associated with Google Places which has since been resolved. Further, she stated that the Google AdWords...
The best strategies for dealing directly with the negative review are outlined in this excellent post by Mike Blumenthal, where a small business owner detailed his approach to dealing with negative reviews.
Mike Blumenthal, who runs the Understanding Google Maps & Local Search blog, suggested that the feud can be traced directly back to when Google added a hotel booking tool to every hotel Places page starting Nov.
Florist SEO Watch blogged about this over the weekend and was pointed out to Mike Blumenthal (where I learned of it) by Cathy Rhulloda. Do a search for a broad keyword and you're likely to come across some local results in Google now.
Mike Blumenthal on the Local Search Market & Strategies for Local SEO, SEOmoz From the SEW blog: Organic Search SEW Experts: Google PageRank: SimplifiedGoogle's PageRank may be the single most divisive element in the search optimization game.
Mike Blumenthal on the Local Search Market & Strategies for Local SEO, SEOmoz Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
Respected local search guru Mike Blumenthal in his blog, "Understanding Google Maps has been researching the map category matter for a couple of years. Now, in what could be a gem of functional street wisdom, Blumenthal has published research...
and other Maps insights, Mike Blumenthal Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
and other Maps insights, Mike Blumenthal The deal brings more than 300,000 merchants into Citysearch's network, allowing Citysearch merchants to post a profile that will be included on Citysearch, and to join the social media network for local...
Mike Blumenthal has uncovered a case where a computer repair company is using mass uploads to Google Maps to generate national business. While the methodology can be seen as spam, the company is offering national repair services - though it is...
