Recent content by Philip McDonald

I totally agree with you. In fact, I think that the rise of Yext-only directories is a clear sign that Yahoo Local is not the only business directory in that situation. So, what does that mean to the future of (structured/directory-) citation-centered local SEO efforts? For instance, in the...

The FourSquare verification is what initiated this thread today, but the Yahoo dashboard/support situation is the real long-term motivator for my thoughts on this. Has anyone else had problems working with the Yahoo listing dashboard? My experiences thus far: 2 (or more?) dasbboard versions...

I just tried to do the usual FourSquare verification process, and was rudely greeted by a different process -- a one-time $20 verification fee. There was no phone verification + postal mail verification option like usual. This comes on top of my recent decision to stop using free Yahoo...

I agree - I've been able to complete several Foursquare verifications, but the average time to get the postcard is 1.5-2 months. Is it worth it? Only if Google weights citations based on how hard they are to get...

Thanks for sharing your experience in a little more detail. The lesson I would take from it w/r/t my question of "what caused this type of severe retaliation?" is that Google admin will come down (more) harshly on accounts with multiple listing violations. In this context I would definitely...

I decided to go the G+ route after several experiences (during the Places --> Google+ upgrade) with Places Support advising me to fix long publishing delays after creating new listings by creating a G+ local biz page. It ended with a month-long "technical issue" that prevented the new listing...

Ditto Trello for task/project management. The interface is great and we like it much more than our previous tool (5pm).

Thanks for your very timely input, Linda. I'd like to respond to both of your points. 1) Obviously having an entire account suspended would be a nightmare if it contained listings for multiple clients. I did not realize this was a possiblity -- I have had a several clients individual listings...

Hi Local Search Forum! I'm handle local listing service at a search marketing firm. Currently, I claim G+L listings in separate Google accounts using a Google account supplied by the client. I've been pondering doing this differently because it's a pain for several reasons. Can anyone see a...