Google: Maps & Local
Google moves hotel pricing chart into the SERP
By improving the consumer travel-search experience Google is also going after a larger share of travel-ad spending....
The new realities of local search
How does Google's local algorithm really work? What are the factors that impact your results and how do you optimize for success? It's more...
Google brings personalized Shopping, local inventory and better checkout to U.S.
The redesign and new features aim to lure shoppers away from Amazon....
Google may decide to charge for Google My Business listings
If Google starts to charge for Google My Business listings it may introduce some issues for how Google defends their free/organic...
New European Google local SERPs prompt users to ‘find results on’ other sites
Google appears to be trying to prevent a formal local search antitrust...
Google Posts can now highlight customer testimonials in some countries
Let your customers highlight your business with a new form of Google...
Google adds short names and URLs to Google My Business listings
The new feature has yet to be publicized by Google, but local guides like Mike Blumenthal report that it's already available to some verified...
How to appear in local services listings in Google Assistant and Google Home
Company serving only pre-screened local providers in most major markets....
Majority of SMBs doing SEO are in-housing
Nearly 80 percent expressed confidence about knowledge of best practices....
Paid social, even print tops SEM as marketing priorities for SMBs, survey finds
Paid-search ranked near the bottom of the list for 2019....
‘Google Guarantee’ local listings appearing in Google Home results
The Google Guarantee has been associated with Local Services ads, but the two programs are technically distinct....
TravelTime maps API lets users search by time rather than distance
Time and distance aren't always synonymous....
What do the symbols mean in Google’s Map Pack and Local Finder?
Over the past couple of years, Google has been consistently expanding upon its functionality for extracting information and displaying in local...
Waze conquers ‘digital dark zone’ with in-car, out-of-home ad coordination
McDonald's campaign showed drivers in-car ads that mirrored billboards....
Google My Business boosts visibility of business offers in Google Posts
A new feature in Google Posts can display up to 10 offers from your...
Google opens complaint form to crack down on fake info in Maps
Will this reduce the issues with fraud and spam in the Google My Business listings? We'll...
Startup helps small retailers get local inventory data online at POS
Pointy offers a way to gain more SEO visibility and compete with Amazon....
Google enables ‘join waitlist’ for restaurants
Functionality is provided by DineTime as part of Reserve with...
Business owners can now reply to reviews on Google Maps desktop
If you primarily use a desktop computer, you'll be happy to know that you can now reply to Google Maps reviews without opening a mobile...
Is Google Maps what augmented reality has been waiting for?
AR walking directions could be a breakthrough application for the industry....