Comments on: SBSC Assess & Win http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185 Comments on and within the UK SMB Community (Formerly 'UK SMB Girl') Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Susanne Dansey http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-6521 Susanne Dansey Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:02:49 +0000 http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-6521 Richard and I aren't the only ones who have raised this concern and it would be interesting to hear from other SBSC partners on this matter... Richard and I aren’t the only ones who have raised this concern and it would be interesting to hear from other SBSC partners on this matter…

]]> By: David Overton http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-5523 David Overton Thu, 24 May 2007 14:57:12 +0000 http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-5523 Susanne, Richard, thanks for the heads up on the problems - we are investigating how it happened and what we need to do to stop the problems. I will post back when I know more. ttfn David Susanne, Richard,

thanks for the heads up on the problems - we are investigating how it happened and what we need to do to stop the problems.

I will post back when I know more.

ttfn
David

]]> By: Richard Tubb http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-5502 Richard Tubb Thu, 24 May 2007 07:58:34 +0000 http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/185#comment-5502 Am very concerned about the data listed for Small Business Specialists when you search on my own particular region. Apparently I have a fellow SBS'er (who I've never heard of!) not 2 minutes drive from my office, but like the URL you provided in your example, this one also leads to a Finance/Leasing company web-site. Elsewhere nearby, the same companies have up to 4 identical listings in the same push pin location. Then there are other listings that show no details at all. If I were a customer who'd been targeted by this campaign (and is thus very presumably very busy) then I'd have immediately given up at this stage through lack of confidence in the process. A good idea, especially for "one man bands" like myself (as you state) but let's hope this poor first impression can be quickly sorted by cleansing the poor quality data used to produce the search results. Am very concerned about the data listed for Small Business Specialists when you search on my own particular region. Apparently I have a fellow SBS’er (who I’ve never heard of!) not 2 minutes drive from my office, but like the URL you provided in your example, this one also leads to a Finance/Leasing company web-site.

Elsewhere nearby, the same companies have up to 4 identical listings in the same push pin location. Then there are other listings that show no details at all. If I were a customer who’d been targeted by this campaign (and is thus very presumably very busy) then I’d have immediately given up at this stage through lack of confidence in the process.

A good idea, especially for “one man bands” like myself (as you state) but let’s hope this poor first impression can be quickly sorted by cleansing the poor quality data used to produce the search results.

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