{"id":845,"date":"2011-10-17T08:42:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T16:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/?p=845"},"modified":"2011-10-17T08:42:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T16:12:59","slug":"google-places-changes-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/17\/google-places-changes-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Places Changes October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google Places Changes October 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big changes for Google place accounts this week.\u00a0 In a nut shell, Google will be allowing the general public to edit and make changes to your Google places account.\u00a0 They also will be updated your places information based on what they find on the Internet which may be information they think is more current.<\/p>\n

You can read details on Mike Blumenthals blog at http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/google-places-now-updating-your-listing-automatically\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Google will send out an email before they make any changes, but that assumes you have a verified listing, and you check your emails. I have already had several emails forwarded to me from clients from Google.<\/p>\n

We can all see the good and bad in this.\u00a0 What concerns me the most is the black hat SEO\u2019s or competitors who submit bad categories or just misleading information on a competitors places account.\u00a0 I have seen some SEO\u2019s<\/p>\n

submit bad reviews in Denver on competitors, so submitting incorrect information on purpose is not only a possibility, but likely!<\/p>\n

What a business owner needs to do if their Google places account is important to them.<\/p>\n