Google Places Bulk Upload Listings Known Category Errors
There is a known error with Google Places where when you use the bulk upload listing feature, your business categories may go bonkers.
A parking lot company said they are “having an issue” with their Google Maps listings…
Google Yanks Fake FBI Listing From Google Maps, Puts New Blocks In Place To Stop Further Abuse
In response to a string of cases where fake business/organization listings have been added to Google Maps, Google says it has removed those listings and put in place new hurdles to make it more difficult for this kind of abuse to get through its system…
You Can Now Right Click On Google Maps
You can now right click on the map area on the new Google Maps and the default behavior of the browser will change and show you a different option…
Google Says (Some) Missing Features Will Be Added To New Google Maps
Google took its new Maps site out of beta this week, but many users noticed that some of their favorite features from Classic Maps were missing. Not to worry, Google says. It’s aware of that and plans to bring at least some of those missing over to the new Maps site in the near future….
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Business Names Google Places Quality Guidelines Updated
Google has updated their Google Places quality guidelines once again this time to clarify how you can name your business within Google Places/Google Local/Google Maps.
Jade Wang from Google pulled out the changes and posted them in the Google Places H…
Google Analytics Now Within Google+ Local Dashboards
Daniel Waisberg, the Analytics Advocate at Google, posted on his Google+ page a new feature that rolled out within the Google+ Local Admin Dashboard screens…
9 Months Later: New Google Maps Is Replacing The Old Version
Over 9 months ago, Google previewed the new Google Maps, since then many have opted to use it but if you haven’t and don’t want to…
I’ll Invite You To Buy Google Glass
Initially, I was only able to hand out invites to up to three friends, now I am able to give an unlimited number of people invites, I think…
Google Maps App: Do You Need A GPS?
Last week, Google quietly announced on Google+ a new feature within the driving directions of the Google Maps app. Now, it will give you the option to reroute you based on less traffic…
Google+ Local Pages Now Show To User Before Pin Verification
Google’s Jade Wang posted an announcement in the Google Business Help forum thread that they are changing how Google+ local pages work for business owners.
Now…
Google Giving Some Business Owners 3 Weeks To Save Their Google Place Listing
Some business owners are reporting getting emails from Google and are asking if this is legit in the Google Business Help forums.
The emails are legit and coming from Google and the subject line is…
Google Places Business Adds 1,000 Categories Internationally
Jade Wang from Google’s Places, business help, team posted in the Google Business Help forums that they have greatly expanded the business category support by adding over a 1,000 new categories internationally…
Google Location Based Answer Query Results
Spotted via blumenthals, it seems Google has a new location onebox answer result for certain types of queries.
So if you search in Google for the location of X, or searches for business name locations and so forth, Google will give you a one box resul…
Google Maps: One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor
This is an old one, but I’ve never seen it. Michael Gray on Twitter noted that when you do walking directions in the (not new) Google Maps from The Shrine to Mordor, you get a funny response from Google.
Yes, Google says…
Google Apologizes For The Hotel Listing Hijack In Google Places
I have to assume most of you by now heard about the huge mess going on with Google Maps business listing in the hotel sector…
Spammers Cold Calling Local Businesses – Claiming They Need To Update Their Business Listings
Baruch Labunski from Rank Secure in Canada pinged me the other day asking me why I can’t stop the phone calls he is getting from spammers claiming implying they are from Google…
Google Kills Location History Summary Dashboard
Google has dropped support for the location history dashboard. Alex Chitu first covered this explaining that the location history dashboard, that provides summaries of where you’ve been, has been discontinued…
Google Maps Mobile With Google Now Cards
Google announced on Google+ that Google Maps for iOS and Android now support Google Now like features.
If you have upcoming flights, hotel reservations, dining dates, and so forth, you will see the Google Now cards directly in your Google Maps app…
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Google Adds “Now” Content, Features To iOS Maps Apps
In October, Google started adding Google Now style cards to its PC Maps. Now, Google is adding some of those same features to its iOS Maps apps. If you update Google Maps for iOS and sign in, you can now see flight, hotel, and restaurant reservations from Gmail in Maps — and then search or…
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Google Maps: Click To Get Coordinates
When it comes to getting the longitude and latitude of specific locations, I am a junky. Weird, I know, but I use it often. I actually have a bookmarklet to grab the lat/long from the old Google Maps.
But with the new Google Maps…