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I have to clarify  this thread -  I'm actually a reseller now, for LSS, and it's very good, and very useful, and obviously the 2012 comments above were made before the concept of "NAP consistency" was known.

The process and user interface is similar to Yext, only much better, because unlike Yext they DO take care of the 4 core local data providers like Moz does  - (Acxiom, Localeze, Infogroup and Factual)

There are dozens of other valuable directories they list at, (as well as the 'not so valuable' of course), but the full list does covers the spectrum of important sites very well  when stacked up against the others.

As a reseller, I can give my client a white labeled login to check progress month after month, and I'm provided with various widget options that runs "local listing status scans" and then captures the lead data into my system.

To quote my rep from one of his emails when I asked - "We absolutely do NOT create duplicates and have several fail safes in place in our workflow to ensure we do not."

Overall, I've found LSS to be a great value and help, and for the end user, it's one of the best values in the industry. Not as cheap as Moz local, but still 1/2 the price of Yext..

Clearly, "up to 4 weeks" is a mistake, right?  Perhaps the question should be rephrased - "How long before Moz Local shows as 100% Complete?"

Saw this recently on a site with a WordPress installation added in a subdirectory. The root domain was set up with the www but /blog was not...

Do it - For me it adds credibility when a company watermarks their images unobtrusively, and G loves credibility...

I just emailed a new client who asked the same question and answered that yes I did think so, and that I joined the BBB myself last year for the first time since i closed by brick and mortar computer store in 2002. I joined because thought (and still do) that it was a relevant and respected trust signal not just to Google, but to end users and anyone looking at my sites also, so I shelled out the $700+ annual fee.

That said,the BBB does sort of have an expensive racket going, don't they?

I just came across this Q while looking for ways to measure author rank, and since nobody answered your question, I will..

I believe we are ALREADY at the stage where "authors can be given a Klout-like score for Google Authorship" but we just have no easy way to see it.

There are more tools like Klout coming all the time, http://bit.ly/TOE2cs and who knows, maybe Google will buy one (if they haven't already.. )