Category: Google Maps

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.

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Google brought back a fun feature in Google Maps that was not yet available in the new version of Google Maps – the ability to draw lines on Google Maps and figure out the distance of that drawing on the map.

Here is how it works:

Open the new Google…

Google has announced on Google+ the release of the Google My Business mobile app for iOS and Android.

The mobile app lets you manage your Google Business information, profile, social shares, analytics, even user access and more via the app…

So Google launched this new fancy Google My Business the other day and even new fancy apps to go along with it but they dropped a key feature from the analytics – Google no longer shows top search queries that lead the user to your business listing in …