Category: Google Maps

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…

Google announced they are bringing back the My Maps functionality, enabling users to create their own interactive maps on Google Maps.

Abby from Google quietly announced in the Google Maps Help forum that those who share photos publicly and have location data on the photos within Google+ may find their photos automatically within Google Views and Photo Sphere…

Google announced on Google+ that now you get all four transportation modes (car, transit…

Nicolai Helling posted on Google+ that Google is about to drop the reviews lightbox overlay you see when you click on the reviews link within the Google search results. Instead…

A business owner posted a question in the Google Business Help forums asking how he can get his business to show up for multiple names.

His business has its official business name, which in this case is Quincy Asian Resources…

Google’s Jade Wang announced in a Google Business Help thread that your Google My Business listings, formerly known as Google Place Listing or Google Local Business listing…

Artem Russakovskii was one of the first to notice a new icon on the bottom right of the Google Maps Android app and posted about it on Google+.

That new icon brings you directly to the nearby me functionality within Google Maps. A clear challenge to …

Google quietly announced on Google+ that the new Android version of the Google Maps app added elevation to biking directions…

Google Maps has added scroll bar to their search results interface.

If you go to Google Maps and search for let’s say [ice cream]…

Google is now showing you zip code listings for locations you enter into Google. So you can ask Google to show you the zip codes for [orlando, florida zip codes]…

It seems like the public is becoming aware of an issue that we’ve been discussing for over five years now…

Google Maps posted on their Google+ page that yesterday was the 67th anniversary of the Roswell UFO incident. To celebrate, they linked to area 51 on Google Maps.

Yes…