Google Local Maps Responding to Business Complaints

Writing by Brick Marketing on Wednesday, 19 of March , 2008 at 1:52 pm

For anyone who has struggled with finding a category for their business on Google local maps will be pleased to hear that things have changed drastically and for the better. Mike Blumenthal recently reported this on his blog:

This upgrade comes in response to 18 months of complaints in the Google Maps for Business Group. The all too common refrain: Why can’t I be in the same category as my competitor, will no longer be heard. The very limited and limiting system previously used by Google forced unusual workarounds for businesses that did not fit into the small number of categories. In a February 22nd interview with Carter Maslan, Maps Product Management Director, he indicated that this category upgrade was in the works.

The new features that Google local maps has incorporated are quite useful to all businesses. You can now choose from a wider range of categories, with Google even suggesting suitable categories as you type. If you aren´t sure where your business fits, this is a great feature. You can also now add a listing the maps, which will probably be taken advantage of by some spammers, but could be quite useful in the long run.

Category: Google Local

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