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]]> By: Gee http://www.blog.accommodationguru.com/2009/12/04/google-cracking-down-on-business-listing-spam/#comment-369 Gee Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:46:21 +0000 http://www.blog.accommodationguru.com/?p=614#comment-369 It is a positive that Google is doing this, although I have suffered from a drop in local business ranking simply due to the fact that there are two distinct businesses with the same name (they are connected in that they come under one umbrella) but they offer two completely different services - one is a museum, the other is conferencing and meeting room facilities. They share the same physical location and name but are run as separate businesses and hence there is a need to provide relevancy to the user by using a limited set of keywords in the business title and create distinction. Google could not know this obviously, but a general sweep of the spam brush so to speak, does not always get it 100% correct. It is a positive that Google is doing this, although I have suffered from a drop in local business ranking simply due to the fact that there are two distinct businesses with the same name (they are connected in that they come under one umbrella) but they offer two completely different services - one is a museum, the other is conferencing and meeting room facilities.

They share the same physical location and name but are run as separate businesses and hence there is a need to provide relevancy to the user by using a limited set of keywords in the business title and create distinction. Google could not know this obviously, but a general sweep of the spam brush so to speak, does not always get it 100% correct.

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