Category: Google Maps

Jade Wang from Google announced in a Google Business Help thread a new feature that was added to the bulk upload tool. Businesses that have a lot of locations and need to maintain their business listings in Google Maps/Local do so with the bulk upload…

Google announced on Google+ that the new Android Google app update will automatically add to Google Now traffic notifications without you asking for them.

For me…

The new Google Maps fully launched a couple weeks ago and some users want to be able to go back and forth between the new and the old version.

Daniel the Google Maps Community Manager shared special URLs that let you either go to the lite version…
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Google is upgrading more and more businesses to the new Google business local dashboard and during that process is running into issues with old listings being duplicate…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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’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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…