The Wild West and Google Places (Local Business Listings) – Google’s Sheriffs Are on Patrol
A month ago we wrote about some techniques on leveraging Local Business Listings for ones business. While all resources are valuable, Google continues to be the popular choice for a business to be listed under because, well, it's Google. However, the system still needs to be tamed as it's still very recent.
As Google continues to mature its Local Listings (Now Places), it needs to screen businesses. Google Local search results still continue to be the "wild west" of online marketing with practically no means of monitoring it.