Google Local getting vocal
January 30th, 2007
Something I’ve always wanted present in Google Local has finally made an appearance! When performing a search that gives you a few local results you can now see a star rating and review section.
I’m not sure whether this will affect the positioning of the results (this would lead to teams of company-hired goons writing reviews for themselves and bad reviews for competitors). However, it is however a really nice touch to be able to see some human feedback on the companies that pop up in your search.
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on google local and yahoo local there seems to be a central location in the city that is their “ground zero” that determines what they show.
any idea on how to figure out what that location is?
February 4th, 2007 at 5:04 amIt is calculated by Google trying to show as many points as possible. So if you have three results come back in local; A, B and C, it will try and work out a “ground zero” where all 3 points can be shown on the map. Hope this helps
February 4th, 2007 at 11:58 pm