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It still boggles my mind how people are hacking Google Maps. Driving directions are one of the biggest ranking factors in Google Maps...
It still boggles my mind how people are hacking Google Maps. Driving directions are one of the biggest ranking factors in Google Maps.
People get their friends and families to use driving directions to go to their businesses. Some people are crazy. They hire other people who drive around with hundreds of phones all using driving directions to get to the business in Google Maps.
Any business can take advantage of this in a way that is not against the rules. Throw events, have deals, have offers. Build up to these events on social media.
Remind people to market in their calendars. Get people to want to come to your business.
Driving directions are a major factor for local search.
The creator says driving-directions activity is a major local-search signal and suggests legitimate events/offers to drive real direction requests.
Use events, offers, and social promotion to create legitimate direction demand; avoid fake or manipulative location-signal tactics.
It still boggles my mind how people are hacking Google Maps. Driving directions are one of the biggest ranking factors in Google Maps. People get their friends and families to use driving directions to go to their businesses. Some people are crazy...
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