e-commerce & social media

The Google+Local guidelines are written in a very subtle way and you need to be able to think like Google and read between the lines. If you are a consultant you also need to understand what some of the unwritten rules are that are not even spelled out. (So G does not draw a line in the sand for spammers to figure out how to cross.)

But those vague, not totally spelled out rules can also trip up a perfectly legit business owner and get them in trouble. GREAT EXAMPLE at the bottom of this post regarding home-based businesses.

 

Mary Bowling at LocalU dissects the guidelines and breaks down recent changes...

Via Linda Buquet :: Catalyst eMarketing

I got an alert last night that the Google Places Guidelines changed - For the Better IMO! It's always been against the rules to add city or keywords

Via Linda Buquet :: Catalyst eMarketing

This post has nothing to do with local - oh wait, organic plays a part in local... This post has everything to do with local!

The part I quoted in snippets below is so true... Google won't tell us what the secret sauce is, so only experimentation and those of us willing to share that knowledge, helps us learn how the algo really works.

Via Linda Buquet :: Catalyst eMarketing