Review Spam – If you’ve been asking your friends, you know to write a review of your site - Google might kick you for spamming.

So if you’re doing anything Google wouldn’t like to gain a higher ranking in the local search results, this is a good time to mend your ways

Whenever Google issues new guidelines, it’s their way of saying “quit screwing around”.

Though this sounds like good news, it could also mean a crackdown is coming.

Google just published new business listing quality guidelines for local search.

Google Local Search: Crackdown is Coming

productivity applications, mobile operating system, a Web browser — that the identity of Google itself has become muddled.

The problem is that in expanding into so many different areas

"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."

forgoing what would most likely be millions of dollars in revenue to maintain an experience cherished by its users.