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Google Local Spammy Lead Gen Listings & How they Work on the Groundhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/yLNGrYExgkw/By Mike Blumenthal on Apr 06, 2019 10:53 am In 2009 I met with the then head of Google Local, Carter Maslan, and asked why they allowed so much spam to continue to exist in Maps after they were alerted to it. He assured me that it wasn’t very visible and it was being used to “inoculate the system” against future abuses. The Disease  … Continue reading Google Local Spammy Lead Gen Listings & How they Work on the Ground →     Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedPaid social, even print tops SEM as marketing priorities for SMBs, survey findsMachine reservations: Google’s Duplex expanding to more Android, iPhone usersThe Expert’s Guide to Local SEO – March ’19 Updates‘Google Guarantee’ local listings appearing in Google Home resultsHow the GMB Guidelines Stack Up Across the EcosystemVideo: Last Week in Local April 1, 2019The Easiest Way to Get a Google Maps One-Box Result – without SpammingThe majority of listings for car accident attorneys on Google are fakeVideo: Last Week in Local March 25, 2019TravelTime maps API lets users search by time rather than distance