Comments on: Yahoo Local Now Features “User Denigrated Content” http://searchengineland.com/yahoo-local-now-features-user-denigrated-content-12134 Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:39:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hmcintyre http://searchengineland.com/yahoo-local-now-features-user-denigrated-content-12134/comment-page-1#comment-3847 hmcintyre Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:23:17 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/yahoo-local-now-features-user-denigrated-content-12134.php#comment-3847 This is perfect evidence that all business owners should be checking their listings on all "local" directories. Sad that it only takes four competitors or a disgruntled customer to ruin your listing. I check the listings for my flower shop daily and while it is time consuming it is also a sort of "damage control." The quicker a black hat negative review (or a "slap" in this case)comes down, the better. God forbid it gets picked up by search engine results. When the new format of Yahoo Local went live I was jazzed. Now seeing that there are more negative effects than positive, I want to change my vote. This is perfect evidence that all business owners should be checking their listings on all “local” directories. Sad that it only takes four competitors or a disgruntled customer to ruin your listing.

I check the listings for my flower shop daily and while it is time consuming it is also a sort of “damage control.” The quicker a black hat negative review (or a “slap” in this case)comes down, the better. God forbid it gets picked up by search engine results.

When the new format of Yahoo Local went live I was jazzed. Now seeing that there are more negative effects than positive, I want to change my vote.

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