{"id":2506,"date":"2012-02-07T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:15:48","slug":"local-search-mistake-or-clever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/google\/local-search-mistake-or-clever\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Search &#8211; Mistake or Cleverness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doing a little bit if research, I noticed what I thought was odd behavior in Google local, taking me to directories instead of to a business, so I immediately jumped to a conclusion (imagine that!) and Twittered about it, pinging <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidmihm\" target=\"_blank\">@davidmihm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiropractic\" target=\"_blank\">@chiropractic<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imgpics.s3.amazonaws.com\/d2acb36c992e462a94169aa191503026.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael looked into it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imgpics.s3.amazonaws.com\/11c0a3bbbb1c49eea6a49c39a715981e.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"88\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imgpics.s3.amazonaws.com\/73eadac76424467aa269121279210ab5.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"92\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and David thought it was odd too, so he pinged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/w2scott\" target=\"_blank\">@w2scott<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mblumenthal\" target=\"_blank\">@mblumenthal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/imgpics.s3.amazonaws.com\/9e2db2208a814d529299cd0597629bd5.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"93\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then, digging a little further, I figured out that it was either a mistake by the business owners, or it was fiendishly clever.\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a really short video showing what happened &#8211;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CzM3eAle5xs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be clear, the <a href=\"http:\/\/support.google.com\/places\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=107528&amp;topic=1656880&amp;ctx=topic\" target=\"_blank\">Google places quality guidelines <\/a>do NOT say that it must be <em>your website,<\/em> and only say to <em>&#8220;provide one website that represents your individual business location&#8221;<\/em> .<\/p>\n<p>Might it not make more sense for a local business to link to another more authoritative profile page which is s ABOUT them rather than linking to their own website from their Google Places Page, especially if it&#8217;s a brand new business?<\/p>\n<p>To rank better locally, maybe I should go change my places page to link to a Better Business Bureau Profile page or something similar?\u00a0 I wonder&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doing a little bit if research, I noticed what I thought was odd behavior in Google local, taking me to directories instead of to a business, so I immediately jumped to a conclusion (imagine that!) and Twittered about it, pinging @davidmihm and @chiropractic Michael looked into it&#8230; 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