Mike summarizes a post by David Mihm, who wrote a recent article in Search Engine Land about issues with local categories in Google Maps. It highlighted several ways Google might facilitate
interaction between small and medium-size businesses with the Local Business Center.
Around mid August, Google made some minor "but interesting changes" to the category feature. The
company began requiring that the first field be chosen from their drop down list; otherwise it generates an error message. Custom choices or suggestions from the list are required for the four
remaining fields. Mihm explains why.
Read the whole story at Understanding Google Maps & Local Search »