Category Archives: Google Place Pages

Google Places/Hotpot Spotted in Vegas

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Andrew Shotland

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Google HotPot Was Always Sort of a Crock

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Andrew Shotland

Lior Ron announced today that Google is dumping the HotPot brand for its local reviews system and rolling it into Google Places. It’s a good move and I am guessing an indicator of more product coherence from GOOG as a result of Larry Page becoming CEO. I was always confused by the HotPot brand. Most, [...] Continue reading →

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Groupon Reviews As Google Places Citations = More IYP SEO Woe

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Andrew Shotland

Reviews of businesses on Groupon have been spotted on Google Place Pages since January: Last year I speculated that social local applications like Twitter & Foursquare could start to cause a lot of SEO problems for IYPs because they could easily replicate the IYP structure while providing a lot more unique content. Groupon reviews are [...] Continue reading →

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