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@localseoguide so where's the piece on apple maps?? huh? wake up. do some work. become rich and famous. — Dave (@localoptimizer) July 11, 2013 Earlier this week, I did a webinar with Mike Blumenthal, Phil Rozek, Myles Anderson and Linda Buquet on the State of Local Search where I presented my latest findings about Apple …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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The answer is: pretty darn fast. I posted a new review for Lokanta, a new Turkish restaurant in Pleasanton, on Yelp at 9:29am PT today. The next time I checked it at 1:14pm, it was displayed on Lokanta’s Reviews screen on Apple Maps. Not too shabby.
Outside of your business not even existing on Apple Maps (see How To Add a Business To Apple Maps), probably the worst thing that could happen at the moment is that your business is listed but it presents a negative image. This week at SMX East, I gave a talk on How To Optimize Your …
Here’s my presentation from the SMXEast panel on “SIRI: Google Killer?”
Source: OMGDroid Want to know how to get your business listed on Apple Maps? Too bad. You can’t. Not directly, anyhow. UPDATE 10/22/14: Apple launched Apple Maps Connect to allow businesses to add and update their listings on Apple Maps! Check out my Apple Maps Connect FAQ. But there are some rudimentary tools available for …
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