Category: Google Maps

In case you missed it, Google handed out cardboard to their Google I/O attendees last event. But this little piece of cardboard let you really discover what was not around you. You put them on and you can see a virtual reality like never before…
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Jade Wang from the Google Business Help team posted in the Google Business Help forums about new tips they are offering businesses to prepare for the holiday season.

The tips include things like adjusting business hours to using AdWords at off peak ti…

About a month ago, Google dropped the local carousel and switched to a three-pack local layout in the Google search results.

It is a much clearer look and I personally always disliked the carousel.

That being said…

Google announced on Google+ that the new Android version of the Google Maps app has added real-time weather data and quick facts to when you do searches of locations.

It also added automatic re-routing when a road closes along your original route…
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Google Maps has been generating summaries of your reviews for about six-month snow but now, with the new 3-pack after dropping the carousel, those short business descriptions based on reviews are more prominent…

Google has a pro version of My Maps named My Maps Pro. That version gave you more features and access to make your own maps but cost $5 per month.

Google sent emails to My Maps Pro users that it is now going free. Google said “My Maps Pro will soon …

Jade Wang from Google announced last night in the Google Business Help forum that they’ve updated their quality guidelines for local pages.

The new guidelines are pretty much completely revamped, in fact…

In July, Google Maps switched their search results box to show a scroll bar with a link to “see results in list view.”
Google seems to be replaced that link

After months and months of testing dating back to August, Google has finally and officially dropped the black carousel user interface for local listings…

Did you ever wonder why some of the circles representing businesses on Google Maps are white and some are red…

Google announced they are rolling out a completely new design and interface for both the Android and iOS versions of the Google Maps app. The new design goes with the “material design” principles, giving it a fluid and smooth interface…

A few days ago, Google released the updated version of the iOS Google My Business App – well for some, that app will not load anymore.

Google is aware of the issue and is working on a fix…

Yesterday we covered the pretty awesome updates to Google My Business including a ton of mobile updates to the Android app. Those updates are now available in the iOS version which was approved and released by Apple last night…

Google announced they’ve added a ton of new features for business owners within the Google My Business (old Google Places) dashboard and Google My Business Android and (coming soon to) iOS app…

Jade Wang from Google said in a Google Business Help thread that updates submitted via the old Google Places dashboard may be delayed by a few days.

I don’t think this is new information for most local SEOs but it is nice to have on record…

Jade Wang from the Google Maps My Business team announced in the Google Business Help forum that they have a new way of showing data update discrepancies between what the owner (you) submitted versus what other sources have said about your business rec…

Max Minzer posted on Google+ a screen shot of a new user interface Google is testing for local results within the web search results. We spotted something similar back in August where Google was dropping the local carousel from the search results with…

Last week we reported that public Google+ photos may be used on Google Views for Maps automatically.

One of the questions I thought was how would I know if Google did use my photo or not…

Google announced on Google+ that their free and very useful smartphone navigation app, Google Maps, has expanded to an additional 19 countries…

Google seems to be testing a new format for sharing reviews on Google+ of Google My Business (Google Places) listings…