Google 3rd Party Reviews Update!

A little over 2 weeks ago we blogged about the recent removal of third-party reviews from Google Places.

Shortly after we added a follow-up on how we thought the Google Maps results would adapt to still feature these additional reviews from third-party sources such as Yelp & Qype.

Today whilst speaking to a nice chap on the telephone we were telling him about this very subject and he said he had noticed another businesses listing showing the exact update which we predicted.

The new 3rd Party Reviews Feature on Google Maps

You can see the image about that ‘Reviews from around the web: qype.co.uk (4) – freeindex.co.uk (2)’ now shows at the bottom of the Google Places reviews. Third party reviews no longer feature mixed in with the maps reviews but are available.

Google hasn’t removed all 3rd party reviews

Just as we said in our earlier blog post – the third-party reviews although don’t show in with the ‘OFFICIAL’ Google Places ones they will still be available on the page. I still think that they will introduce a 3rd party review preview tab section very soon.

Watch this space!

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Google Maps Duplication Qype Updated

in Blog / Google Maps / Google Places / Qype by Tom Peary May 31, 2011 0 comments

Fixing Qype Duplications

Last month we shared our thoughts on Qype and the problems some businesses are seeing with duplicate listings.

Over the weekend we had 3 enquiries regarding this very problem caused by having a Qype listing.

So we thought we’d delve even deeper to the mysteries of Qype listings and what can happen when you use third-party websites and directories to handle your business details.

Avoiding Qype Duplications & Errors

Follow these simple rules and you will avoid having any issues with duplicated listings, or merging details with more than one Google Places listing.

Go to the source: Create all your Google Places listings directly in your Google Places account. If you allow a third-party to create the listings for you, then you will always have problems when it comes to updating incorrect information, the same goes for when you need to change your business details. If you don’t have direct and sole access to your Google Places listing details then you aren’t in control.