Comments on: Google PlaceRank in the wild

By: Custom Creative Design

Custom Creative Design — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:47:34 +0000

Having your business listed as a Favorite Place on Google is beneficial to both consumers and businesses. It brings online traffic offline. Plus, it is a high badge of honor that can turn your business into a success, increasing your clientele and revenue.

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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:09:04 +0000

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By: Wedding Magician

Wedding Magician — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:09:51 +0000

Many thanks. The Google Earth community was of most interest to me and something that I have never thought about.

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Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:37:19 +0000

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By: Brian Mongold

Brian Mongold — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:12:07 +0000

Ash,

This is great stuff! Thanks for sharing. The way your broke down the patent into a comprehensive bulleted list sure did make sense of it. Great translation! The algorithm used is very interesting to me. BTW, love the comment to the spambot. I get so tired of all the comments I have to remove. Keep up the outstanding work.

Brian

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:27:27 +0000

juliemarg,

Well, the patent certainly uses that example, but it would be an interesting challenge to reverse-engineer some of the featured places to see where else they get anointed. I’d expect the Google Maps newsgroups to be high on that list.

Google has partnered with a few Yellow Pages sites and judysbook.com (see my earlier post about Reputation Trend) so existing ratings sites would also provide some long-term reputation insights.

Ash

By: SEO Expectations in 2010 | The Adventures of SEO Boy

SEO Expectations in 2010 | The Adventures of SEO Boy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:55:10 +0000

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