What is needed to get listed on local.google ?
Jan Egil Kristiansen
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=%22WA+98245%22++bodyboatblade&btnG=Search
but not with http://local.google.com/local?sc=1&q=bodyboatblade&near=WA+98245&btnG=Google+Search
?
http://www.bodyboatblade.com/ contains "PO Box 1487 Eastsound, WA
98245", what more should be needed?
Or is it that local.google.com is on a slower index?
Peter Williams
Jan might find today's Google Alert (see PC Pro, quoted below) of
interest? Maybe I could try referencing/promoting his canoe site from
UK as I live by a big river !!?
GOOGLE'S neighbourhood watch to push local ads
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Jan Egil Kristiansen
> Jan might find today's Google Alert (see PC Pro, quoted below) of
> interest? Maybe I could try referencing/promoting his canoe site from
> UK as I live by a big river !!?>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=56136
>
Thanks, this looks like a clarification, the phrase "Find local
businesses and services on the web" is a very subtle way of declaring
that local.google.com is for paid ads only.
With Google's (so far) rock solid reputation for result integrity, I
think they should state the commercial nature of local results more
clearly at http://local.google.com/lochp.
Thus, local.google.com is nothing new at all, it's just one more
"yellow pages" portal. It is one with more than average capital behind
it, though.
But the free http://hoppa.com/us/nw/wa/sanjua/orcas/Canoeing/index.en.pl.gz
makes more sense.
As for bodyboatblade, it's not my site, but I know these guys. The
site is really only relevant in the Seattle area. In the UK, see their
favourite boats at http://www.nigeldenniskayaks.com/.