A reader writes: I own a small business and I am struggling with Yelp. We currently have 12 reviews from reviewers. 10 are positive, 2 are negative. We can easily identify 11 of these reviewers as being real clients of ours. However, Yelp has chosen to “filter” every single one of our positive reviews and …
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Acxiom Business Listings Are On Apple Maps in Canada
UPDATED: I have received confirmation from people who would know that Acxiom data is in fact being supplied to Apple Maps for Canadian business listings. I have updated the title of this post accordingly. Hopefully they will inform their customer service people 🙂 Sorry for the confusion. The post below should now be treated as mere …
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200 Million iOS 6 Devices in One Month…
Source: The Verge What do you think that number is going to look like after Christmas? Sooner or later, each of those 200 million devices are going to do a search on Apple Maps for a local business. Are you ready?
Why Isn’t My Business Showing Up On Apple Maps?
I have been looking into the case of the missing Didgeroo on Apple Maps. Didgeroo, Ltd, a London SEO & Web Marketing shop, has done everything by the book (a still-mostly-unwritten-book of course) – they have a Yelp profile and they have submitted their business data to TomTom (about two weeks ago), but they still are …
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Apple Maps Business Listings Data Suppliers By Country
Note: This list was last updated on 9.26.16 and is very much a work-in-progress. I have noticed a lot of confusion about how to add listings to Apple Maps for different countries. While you can do so via the “Report a Problem” screen on Apple Maps, all businesses should also make sure their data is …
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How To Add Your Business To TomTom
Tom Tom, the in-car navigation service, is a data provider to Apple Maps. While it’s unclear how much business listing data Tom Tom is providing, my sources tell me they suspect that Tom Tom is supplementing listing data provided by other sources in the following countries: Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy …
“Does Diabetes Count As A Product?”
SNL’s TechTalk on the Iphone5. Pretty funny. And yes, that Dunkin Donuts episode was a bummer…
Another 1% Of Apple Maps Users Jump Off The Empire State Building
Mike Blumenthal just pinged me about a survey about consumer interest in the iPhone5 AppleInsider published today. According to the survey: “Despite the media attention surrounding both the Apple Maps issue and the Apple Lightning port issue, neither has had an impact on the massive numbers of buyers queuing up to buy the iPhone 5,” said Dr. …
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Unofficial Apple Maps Frequently Asked Questions by Businesses
Chris Skitch has put together a nice little Apple Maps FAQ for businesses. I thought it would be helpful to repeat it (and update it a little – in italics) here: Q: How do I add, edit or update my business listing in Apple Maps? A: No official answer currently exists. Best guesses: – Use …
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91% of Apple Maps Users Are Not Going To Jump Off The Empire State Building
Mike Blumenthal surveyed iOS6 consumers about their satisfaction with Apple Maps and the iPhone. “It would appear from these results that most users have little or no opinion about the change and that the level of dissatisfaction is very low. Despite the many, many negative reports in the press, it would seem that most users …
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