Google Drops Tags

Posted by on Apr 16, 2011 in Blog | Comments Off on Google Drops Tags

Well that was quick. Apparently the “10’s of thousands” (that’s what Google says) of businesses who signed up for Google Tags wasn’t enough, so Google is killing Tags as of April 29, 2011. Word is they are pushing Boost ads as the preferred alternative. From their blog post: We’ve made a decision to shift our efforts toward other present and future product offerings for local businesses, and will be discontinuing this trial. To that end, we’ve now halted new signups and will be working with existing participating businesses over the coming weeks to help them...

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Google Tags

Posted by on Apr 4, 2011 in Blog | Comments Off on Google Tags

Google Tags

Ever wondered what the small yellow flags are in some of Google’s Local listings?  Google Tags, and you can try them free for a month compliments of your friends at Google. For $25/month, Google lets Small Business owners “tag” their local listing with an offer, update, photo, video, reservations or menu link.  See example below of a landscaping business promoting a pricing special. As Local Search gets more competitive, and more and more businesses have claimed, optimized and promoted their Google Places listing, edges like Tags can make the difference in getting noticed...

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