Yahoo Local is designed to provide users with quick access to relevant physical business information. They don’t prefer keywords in the name of the business unless the word is associated with the actual proper name of the business, but relevant keywords should be optimized in your local business description.
Google search results are based primarily on relevance, so Google Maps listings are ranked based on their relevance to the search terms entered, along with geographic distance and other factors. Local listings normally only appear during geo-designated searches (e.g., veterinarian, Seattle). Google does track the IP address on computers, so if you enter in a general search (e.g., veterinarians), Google may bring up results for your location, or wherever your IP address is located (this feature can be disabled by users).
Notice listing abuse? It can be reported here:
http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=107528, and if that doesn’t do the trick report it to Google at http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps?hl=en
See your listing as active, but can’t find it in Maps? Give it a couple of days to update, check to see if you followed guidelines at
http://maps.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=maps_spam.
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