Comments on: Google Maps and Pizza Coupons

By: Google Latitude Adds Checkin Offers Nationwide | iGo Mobile Marketing

Google Latitude Adds Checkin Offers Nationwide | iGo Mobile Marketing — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:04:06 +0000

[...] 2007. For a while there was appreciable annual growth in the numbers of coupons in the system. But doubts about Google’s willingness to promote coupons surfaced early. By early 2009, amidst no [...]

By: Google Latitude Adds Checkin Offers Nationwide | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:14:27 +0000

By: acne on forehead

acne on forehead — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:55:23 +0000

Google, is promoting their universal search, so the coupons keep coming up.

By: Google Mulling Several Ways To Integrate Ads On Maps

Google Mulling Several Ways To Integrate Ads On Maps — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:29:05 +0000

[...] for years but not aggressively pushed or exposed them since the early days. (Here’s my first person story about using a Pizza coupon from Google Maps in November, 2006.) More recently Google added mobile distribution (via Place Pages) to local [...]

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:47:56 +0000

Google, is promoting their universal search, so the coupons keep coming up.

By: david

david — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:21:31 +0000

I am not sure Google is too good at gathering coupons, but my site is pretty good at it. Check out http://www.1pizzacoupons.com. Let me know what you think of it.

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » How many Google Coupons are there?

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:38:40 +0000

[...] since Google Coupons has been introduced, why has Google been so reticent to promote coupons? And how successful has Google been at gathering coupons since the programs [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » What does a link campaign look like for Local?

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:03:11 +0000

[...] Lastly, it appears that Google Coupons also provide a “web page” reference that adds authority to your link. There were none in Buffalo because none of the restaurants had yet created a coupon but I have seen them on other searches. It’s a freebie, clearly improves your ranking and while I doubt that you see many redeemed (see Greg Sterlings tale) they will do little harm if you create your coupon judiciously. If it is ever redeemed you will know that either Google Maps is finally more than 1% of all Google Traffic or Google has started promoting them…both seem a ways off. [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » Will free long distance service accelerate adoption?

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:51:30 +0000

[...] I and others (see Bill Slawski’s posts) have lamented the step child stature of Google Maps and Google’s apparent unwillingness to push it out to the consumer. It has always seemed to be such a valuable service that was hidden away and hard to find. Greg Sterling talked of the difficulties with the Coupon feature. I have noted how hard it is for a business to find their way into the Local Business Center. The Google Maps new Click to Call feature may be the feature that signals the tipping point in its adoption. [...]

By: cohn

cohn — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:50:26 +0000

Google and Valpak usage aren’t one in the same.