Mike Blumenthal confirmed that YellowPages.ca (YP.ca) is no longer Google's primary data source for business listings in Canada. He believes this has led to new terms in many countries -- which
would mean that Google now owns, rather than licenses, their business listing data. Apparently, in the fall of 2013, Google
began renegotiated terms to purchase data instead of licensing
data. Some of their partners did not agree to those terms and left the program. Blumenthal explains.Read the whole story at Understanding Google My Business & Local Search »