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Yelp Goes it Alone

TechCruch reported last week that Google Places has been purged of Yelp review content.

This results from a kerfuffle between Yelp and Google over the usage of reviews and other data from Yelp by Google within its Google Places listing. There’s a long history between the two companies of one using the other’s content, that one stopping using that content, one trying to purchase the other, and the other walking away from purchase negotiations.

Yelp’s current stance seems to…

Google Places results without traditional listings

Chris Boudeaux and Adam Edwards are reporting that Google is testing search results with local listings only. In their case, a query for [car rental nyc] returned a new page format: the map on the right hand column with AdWords below it and a center column with more AdWords at the top, and nothing but Google Places listings below it.

All indications are that this is a very limited test at the moment and there’s no way of knowing…

PubCon 2010 Coupon

Without question, my favorite internet marketing conference of the year is PubCon Vegas. Great educational content, fantastic networking, and an excuse to head to Las Vegas right before the holiday season begins. As usual, I will be on a couple of panels this year, although I don’t yet know the topics.

Being known as a fan of PubCon, I’m often asked about discount coupons for attendees. So, I asked the crew at WebmasterWorld if they could help me out,…

Today’s Lesson

Even those of us that are rather experienced in WordPress can get lazy. Sometimes we don’t keep our plugins up to date. And sometimes, PHP is upgraded on your server overnight, and you wake up to the dreaded blank-screen-of-death.

This has been my Monday.

Be deleting all the plugins for my site, I was able to get things running again. I’m currently reinstalling the plugins (and updating them). In the meantime, some of the functionality of this site will not…

Disadvantage of Service Areas in Google Places

Recently, Google added support for Service Areas to its Google Places management system. This allows you to register businesses that mostly go to clients’ locations, rather than having the clients come to the business. It also allows you to prevent the address in your Google Places listing from showing.

This is especially welcome for home-based businesses, who might not want to list their home address on the internet for all to see.

Businesses owners should realize that there is…