Strange question about link juice.

[Krankensigns]

Not really. That POI—as nearly as I can tell—is in the process of being deleted. I can almost watch as it goes away. First the address disappeared and it was only the street and city and state, then it was only the city. Then, just the state, now it is only identified as "United States".

Having said that—you are fully aware of how important this is to me and how it has the potential to hurt my business, I have a wife and two children, one of whom is special needs, this business is my livelihood and that of my employees and their loved ones. I care deeply about this awful Google algorithm mess. Sorry if I bother you when I try to understand what the hell causes it or how to end it.

I know from talking to others, this just takes time Google will fix it. I fully expect that algorithm error to go away in a few days or weeks. That's what everyone is telling me, except you. You never attempted to allay my concerns and fears.

[LindaBuquet]

I'm really sorry if something I said, or removing one of your posts on the topic because it was off-topic upset you.

But there was nothing said that could remotely be considered [Portion of this comment removed for TAGFEE reasons - editor]. I merely explained why that post was not allowed and was trying to caution you that all the posts you've been making may not be helping your cause.

And again I'm sorry you are having to go through this frustrating experience.

[Krankensigns]

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[LindaBuquet]

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[Krankensigns]

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[MickEdwards]

Looking at the Google result I cannot see the problem.  The shortener leads directly to the result I would expect to see.  If this is not the case then why are you using it?  I have to agree that if you have some problem with that link then posting on places like here will just 'promote' it.

If there is some listing mix up have you contacted Google direct - http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/01/08/google-local-now-providing-phone-support-for-verification-issues/

[Krankensigns]

I can not count the number of times I have called them. i can not enumerate how many times I and my associates have "reported a problem" on the bad algorithm and the spammy feature itself. The specific POI can no longer be found in MM or Google Maps, but Google that term and whoop there is! Clicking on it takes me nowhere and the directions tab reruns an error.

As for the link issue I didn't provide any sort of link that others hadn't provided for thier examples. You can't promote a feature that is locked in that algorithm because the POI doesn't exist.

[Krankensigns]

Mick. I get that you don't see the problem but you may not familiar with the history of this POI and the widely reported Google algorithm Pigeon One Box Map fiasco. It has many names and has been around for several years as near as I can tell. This POI was part of a group of 4 false Place Pages, and all used keywords as the company name, but they all had the same exact address and phone number. They were built entirely from Google guideline violations. I had reported them and ultimately, the one related to vehicle wraps was changed to the real world name but still carries the one-box algo error. It is a mess and there are people in my position going ballistic on line, Blumenthal has referenced several of those.

Here are some examples of the Google Algorithm Spam Search Result Error. All are not exactly like mine but they are based on the same issue. Some are built intentionally by spammers because they know about the error, some are built by business owners who know just enough about SEO to be dangerous.

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-spam-17624.html

http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/09/28/hummingbird-local-knowledge-graph-shitty-search-results/

http://blumenthals.com/blog/2014/01/08/mining-for-google-hummingbird-guano-in-so-cal/

http://my.jetscreenshot.com/5227/20140107-nkvl-125kb

[MickEdwards]

ah, yes.  I seem to have walked into the middle of a shortener row which made things unclear

So to your original question.  I guess the answer is 'possibly' yes, if the link induced guys to click on the listing it might give it weight.

[EricaMcGillivray]

Hi Clifford and Linda,

Unfortunately, this Q&A conversation has taken a turn for the worse. Both of you are clearly working hard for your businesses and for your families, and we all can empathize when frustrations with our work is escalated and our livelihood is at stake to make it work.

However, personal attacks and personal grudges are unacceptable here as it goes directly against our TAGFEE code and our community guidelines. This isn't to say we can't have disagreements, lively debates, or hard conversations. But we always need to remember the human we're dealing with on the other end of the conversation.

Right now, a couple things will happen:

1. I will shutting down this post so it cannot get anymore comments.

2. I will be editing some of the comments to remove personal attack language.

3. Both of you will be getting emails so we can clear up anything there.

Thank you.