Google To Shutter Its Google+ Local iOS App Next Month
With the newly updated Google Maps app for iOS out, Google has announced its plans to shut down the Google+ Local app for iOS on August 7th. There’s been no official announcement that I’m aware of yet, but both 9to5 Mac and Mark Traphagen posted a Google email detailing the shut down…
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Did Google Maps Lose England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland?
The United Kingdom (to use its short name) is a complicated country, actually made up of four countries across two islands. If you were looking to understand it better, forget Google Maps. That’s because the service has lost the constituent countries of England, Scotland, Wales & Northern…
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Google’s Revised Advice On How To Move Your Business On Google Maps
In February, Google came out with specific instructions on how to move your business within Google Maps/Places/Google+ Local. Yea…
How To Search Nearby In The New Google Maps
As you know, Google Maps opened up the new Google Maps to all users who want to preview it. With that, comes confusion on how to use the new interface…
Don’t Try To Fix Your Google Maps Listing Yourself, Call Google.
About a month ago, some Google representative in India from the Google Maps team called my office to verify our address on Google Maps. We verified all was good and then he hung up. A day or so later…
Google Maps Preview Available To All
In May, Google released a very early preview of the new Google Maps design and then gave out limited invites to play with the new maps.
Google Maps iOS App Version 2.0
Google has announced the second generation Maps App for iOS devices. The major change is now it is iPad friendly…
New Google Maps App For iOS Includes Dedicated iPad Experience
Just a few hours after opening up the new Google Maps desktop version to anyone interested, Google has followed up by announcing new Google Maps apps for iOS. The big news is that, for the first time, there’s a dedicated iPad experience of Google Maps. Sure, you could use the previous Google…
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New Google Maps Now Open To All, No Invite Needed
Google has opened up the new version of Google Maps to anyone who wants to give it a try — no invite is needed. The company shared the news via Twitter this afternoon. First announced at the Google I/O conference in May, the new Google Maps was initially available only to a select group of…
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The Googlers Taking Google Latitude Online Speak Up
I’ve probably talked enough about Google Latitude shutting down, especially since I rarely used it. But the truth is, it seems like location services in Google+ is going to be a really big thing…
Google’s FAQs On Latitude Shutdown & User Complaints
As we mentioned yesterday, Google is shutting down latitude – a product I personally didn’t use outside of just experimenting with it, but apparently has a loyal user base…
Google Maps App Bringing Back Offline Maps Button ASAP
Yesterday we reported that part of the Google Maps App “upgrade” a few features went away. One such feature was easy access to offline maps…
Google Maps App Drops Latitude & My Maps Plus Makes Offline Maps Harder
Google announced a new version of apps for iOS and Android (version 7.0) that cleans up some features…
Notice: Google Places Users, Do Not Edit Those New Categories
Jade Wang from Google’s local business team announced in a Google Business Help thread that if you see new categories in your business listings, please refrain from updating them…
Maps & Metros: Surviving And Thriving In Local Search
Last week I attended the SMX Advanced session, “Maps & Metros: Surviving And Thriving In Local Search,” moderated by Matt McGee with speakers Mike Blumenthal, Mary Bowling and Mike Ramsey. It’s extremely challenging right now to recommend new “advanced” SEO methods…
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Google Buys Waze, The Loved Mapping Software
Google has officially acquired Waze, or announced they have agreed to acquire them. Waze is a social mobile app GPS, mapping, directions application with a very dedicated and loving user base.
The company is Israeli based…
Google Launches A Google+ Dashboard For Managing Business Pages
Google announced yesterday on Google+ a new Google+ Dashboard for businesses that manage their Google+ local page on Google+.
Jade Wang also posted about it in the Google Business Help forum explaining:
Google: When You Move, We Will Transfer Your Maps Reviews In Most Cases
Moving is a stressful process for most businesses, adding onto that losing a lot of your data and confusing your Google Maps listing is something that gets added onto that.
But it seems like Google is trying to make that process easier…
Google Maps Blue Dots Missing: User Contributed Photos
In mid-June 2010, Google added blue dots to its maps that display user-submitted images, those blue dots seem to have disappeared for many Google Maps users.
You can still play with them over here but within the Google Maps user interface, for some, …
Google Business Photos Expands To Europe & Asia
Google announced they have expanded their business photos program into Europe and Asia. Google Business Photos is a way for you to share the inside of your stores on Google Maps. There are groups of trusted photographers that take the photos for syndic…