Comments on: Free, targeted traffic from Google Local Search http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/ Gite website design and online marketing advice for gite and holiday cottage rentals owners Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Dave Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:44:59 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=780#comment-691 Hi Brad, most property rental owners provide an address (and google map!) on their website, so if a thief is that keen, they could always get the location from that address? I'm personally of the opinion that the media over-hypes the risks involved in this type of thing. How many burglars have REALLY used Google Street View to rob people's homes since launch? Hi Brad,

most property rental owners provide an address (and google map!) on their website, so if a thief is that keen, they could always get the location from that address?

I’m personally of the opinion that the media over-hypes the risks involved in this type of thing. How many burglars have REALLY used Google Street View to rob people’s homes since launch?

]]> By: Brad http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Brad Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:38:17 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=780#comment-690 It all sounds a bit dubious to me, I had a friend that had their home address programmed into their cars GPS, the car was broken into at a big football game and the bad guy's used the GPS to go and ramsack their house. Sounds like the same thing could happen with this system. Brad It all sounds a bit dubious to me, I had a friend that had their home address programmed into their cars GPS, the car was broken into at a big football game and the bad guy’s used the GPS to go and ramsack their house. Sounds like the same thing could happen with this system.

Brad

]]> By: Bob Toovey http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Bob Toovey Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:55:29 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=780#comment-650 Well fancy meeting you here Geoffrey! I have often wondered about Gite privacy. It does seem that many gite owners put their full address on their websites, to me this is a big concern. What happens if you blog that you are away and your full address is available to anyone? I could be just being over cautious and I have not yet heard of any robberies from the about situation. Still, you could be giving away too much personal information in an age where online privacy is becoming a big concern. Bob Well fancy meeting you here Geoffrey! I have often wondered about Gite privacy. It does seem that many gite owners put their full address on their websites, to me this is a big concern. What happens if you blog that you are away and your full address is available to anyone?

I could be just being over cautious and I have not yet heard of any robberies from the about situation. Still, you could be giving away too much personal information in an age where online privacy is becoming a big concern.

Bob

]]> By: Dave http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Dave Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:13:48 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=780#comment-564 Hi Geoffrey, on the latter option, I don't think they'll actually put your physical address on your listing, it will be purely for administration purposes I'd have thought? Is there anyone who could take a call for you on a +33 number, as all that happens is that you receive an automated call with a pin number. if you can get someone to note that down for you, you're off. good luck! Dave Hi Geoffrey,

on the latter option, I don’t think they’ll actually put your physical address on your listing, it will be purely for administration purposes I’d have thought? Is there anyone who could take a call for you on a +33 number, as all that happens is that you receive an automated call with a pin number. if you can get someone to note that down for you, you’re off.

good luck!

Dave

]]> By: Geoffrey Coan http://giteguru.com/marketing-your-gite-website/free-targeted-traffic-from-google-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Geoffrey Coan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:52:10 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=780#comment-563 Hi Dave I fiddled with Google Local Search a couple of months ago as I figure'd it would be a good additional way of people finding our Holiday Gite. Unfortunately in the end I couldn't register my French property because Google either wanted to verify our identity via a telephone call (and the number I supplied had to be a +33 French number), or they wanted to verify my location by sending a postcard (and I didn't want to use this option as that would mean registering the precise address for the Gite. I've deliberately never put the full address on my website as I don't want to put up a big advert effectively saying "here we are, lots of good things to burgle, and here is a calendar of when the property is empty"). In the end I gave up. Did you have these problems when registering? Geoffrey Hi Dave

I fiddled with Google Local Search a couple of months ago as I figure’d it would be a good additional way of people finding our Holiday Gite.

Unfortunately in the end I couldn’t register my French property because Google either wanted to verify our identity via a telephone call (and the number I supplied had to be a +33 French number), or they wanted to verify my location by sending a postcard (and I didn’t want to use this option as that would mean registering the precise address for the Gite. I’ve deliberately never put the full address on my website as I don’t want to put up a big advert effectively saying “here we are, lots of good things to burgle, and here is a calendar of when the property is empty”).

In the end I gave up.

Did you have these problems when registering?

Geoffrey

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