Do local citations matter anymore? Five local SEOs sound off
A range of opinions about how much attention to devote to citations.
Topic: TomTom
‘Navigate’ query prompts Google to ask, ‘Where do you want to go?’
A new one-box answer now gives you quick access to driving directions in Google Maps.
SearchCap: The open marketing cloud, Bing improves web crawler efficiency, more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Open Marketing Cloud: A no-BS demo of Mautic’s marketing automation platform Oct 17, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Are you unhappy with your experience or results using one of the […]
Moz beefs up Moz Local with new features, distribution and automation
With new activity alerts, GMB sync and reputation management, the expanded Moz Local is intended to equally serve the small business, agency and direct enterprise markets.
Seeking investments from Microsoft & Amazon, HERE signals intent to compete aggressively with Google Maps
Carmaker consortium seeks additional funds, resources to further develop and grow the mapping platform.
Europe Turns Antitrust Attention To Google Maps For Android
The antitrust investigation (or enforcement action) against Google in Europe is currently focused on shopping search. There’s an earlier stage, but parallel investigation of Android is now taking off. Comments from regulators and European politicians suggest there’s a potentially long road ahead for Google and many investigations to come. Indeed, a more formal local search […]
Report: Apple Using Camera-Equipped Minivans To Capture Map Data
It’s a very safe bet that Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into Google Maps and Street View. While many people regard Street View as eye candy, it has actually served a more important function: capturing real-world geo-data for Google Maps. Now Apple appears to following in Google’s tire tracks. According to an article in […]
SearchCap: Google Search Console, Apple Maps & Panda & Penguin Speed
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Maps Lists The White House & Howard University For Racists Terms Where previous Google Maps hacks were arguably playful, this is ugly. Google: We Are Trying To Update The Data […]
Apple Renews Maps Agreement With TomTom, Will It Buy The Company?
Reuters reported this afternoon that publicly traded TomTom is up on news that its mapping-data contract with Apple has been renewed. Rival HERE (Nokia) is currently for sale and may fetch as much as $4 billion dollars. There aren’t many global mapping data vendors available; and there’s a great deal of interest if not competitive […]
Uber Teams Up With Baidu For HERE Maps, Apple Buys More Coherent Navigation
HERE mapping unit could fetch more than $4 billion in new bidding war.
Report: Uber Makes $3 Billion Offer For Nokia’s HERE Maps
The mapping acquisition would be the second for Uber this year.
SearchCap: Germany Publishers & Google, Bing Ads Tracking & Search Mobile CTR
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Growing Your Business With Customer Reviews – October 30 Webcast Learn how capitalizing on the insights from customer reviews can increase search traffic and landing page conversion rates. Join Chris Silver […]
TomTom And deCarta Join Forces To Take On Google Maps
Personal navigation device (PND) and maps provider TomTom teamed up with independent mapping and local search company deCarta to offer developers an “end-to-end” alternative to Google Maps. The new joint offering provides connected mapping and navigation, local search and real-time traffic to enterprises and developers. Kim Fennell, CEO of deCarta, laid out for me last week the […]
Seeking Maps Fix, Apple Fires Mapping Team Manager And Asks Outsiders For Help
According to a widely cited Bloomberg report published earlier today Apple has fired another executive in connection with its mapping woes. The article says that Eddie Cue, who’s now running the software division, ousted Richard Williamson who managed the mapping team. The same report says that “Cue . . . is seeking advice from outside […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 15, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo’s New Video Targets Google’s “Filter Bubble” Of Personalized Results DuckDuckGo’s ongoing mission to challenge Google (and other search engines, but mainly Google) on privacy issues has taken another turn with […]
After Apple’s Apology, What’s Next For iOS 6 Maps?
It’s official. Apple’s new Maps in iOS 6 have problems so serious that even Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued a public apology about them. What does Apple do next? Going back to Google-powered Maps is unlikely but not out-of-the-question. More likely, Apple will push through the pain. However, it could reconsider whether maps really […]
The Good & Bad Scenarios About Why Google Hasn’t “Done Anything Yet” About Google Maps For iOS
Today, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said his company hasn’t done anything yet to bring Google Maps to iOS as a standalone app. That seems to contradict Google’s statement last week about wanting this to happen, as well as the company’s central mission. But negotiations and contract issues yet to be revealed might be a […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 21, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook To Allow Users To Delete Search Activity Facebook announced users will soon be able to delete their search activity under their “Activity Log.” The feature is being released over the […]
Google “Opens The Kimono” On How It Builds Maps
The Atlantic published an article about what Google calls “Ground Truth,” its allegedly top-secret map-development process. As the name implies, the idea is to create digital maps that more accurately reflect the ground truth of the real world vs competitors’ offerings. The trigger for the article is undoubtedly Google’s desire to expose the complexity, layers […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 29, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s “Voice Assistant” Not Quite Siri-Smart But Most People Won’t Notice At Google I/O this week Google introduced spoken search results, which mimic Siri’s functionality on the iPhone. Siri had been […]
Apple Maps Could Launch With More Business Listings Than Google
If the two companies’ self-reported numbers are accurate, and if nothing changes between now and then, Apple’s new Maps product will launch later this year with more local business listings than Google. As Bloomberg points out, during Apple’s announcement on Monday, the company said it has “ingested” more than 100 million business listings around the […]
Apple Gets Into Local Search With New Maps App
The rumors were true. Among a boatload of announcements today Apple is introducing its own mapping product as part of the iOS 6 update, which is available to developers today and will be available to the rest of the iOS-using public “this Fall.” Here’s the short version of what Apple announced: Maps with local search […]
Yelping In The Beemer: Review Site Inks Deal With BMW
Yelp is now established and mainstream enough to be included in BMW’s Online/in-car content. Yelp reviews and related content will shortly be available to BMW owners “who subscribe to the optional BMW Assist Convenience Plan and have a navigation-equipped vehicle capable of receiving the BMW Online service.” This means select BMW vehicles (see below for […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 9, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Product Extension Ads Now Available For Mobile This morning Google announced two new ad formats or mobile — or rather the extension of two PC ad types to smartphones — […]
Google Maps “Send To Car” Running Out Of Gas?
There have been a number of comments in forums and tweets that people aren’t seeing the Google Maps’ “send to car” option any longer. The following comment is representative: The send to car option is gone from the Google Maps Beta: there is only a send to email and send to phone option. Is it […]
Twitter Places: How It Might Challenge Google’s Local Dominance
One of the big, unanswered questions in the local search space is, Who’s going to do the best job of marrying location with real-time context. Twitter is hardly the first to try, but it may have the best chance to succeed. On Monday, the company announced Twitter Places, a new feature that’s being rolled out […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 11, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Keynoting SMX Advanced Seattle: Microsoft SVP Yusuf Mehdi Microsoft’s Bing is turning one year old, and according to just-released comScore qSearch data continues to gain market share at the expense of […]
Bing Adds Voice-Guided Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Windows Mobile App
Bing has added voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation to the Bing mobile app for Windows Phones 6.1 and above. Bing thus joins Google, Nokia and to a lesser degree MapQuest in offering free mobile navigation services. It also means more woe for the PND makers (TomTom, Garmin, et al). The voice component of the Bing navigation service […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 2, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bartz Says Yahoo Would Consider Buyout Speaking today on CNBC, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said that Yahoo would “absolutely” consider a buyout offer from “any company at the right price.” According […]
Disruptamundo: Google Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Mobile Maps
I hate the word “disruptive,” as it’s often used in the internet world, because it’s something of a cliche. But I use it here because the new Navigation for Google Maps for Mobile will in fact be — disruptive. On Monday we covered Google Navigation, the then rumor, asking “Will A Free Google GPS Sink […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 26, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle” Google Social Search is rolling out, a new service from Google that allows you to easily find material written by […]
Will A Free Google GPS Sink The Navigation Industry?
Lots of companies make a good living from hardware and software GPS navigation systems. In the US carriers such as Verizon and Sprint and personal navigation device (PND) makers such as TomTom, Garmin, Magellan, among others, earn device and subscription revenues from turn-by-turn routing and directions and points of interest directories. There are a number […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 17, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Adds Keyword Forecasting To Insights For Search Tool Google has announced a few new features in its Google Insights for Search keyword research tool. The most important, in my opinion, […]
Indian Action: Microsoft Chooses NAVTEQ For Maps, Yahoo Invests In 411 Provider
India is something of a parallel universe in terms of search and internet activity. It’s a massive and incredibly dynamic market but distinct from the US and Europe in important ways. All the major engines are competing there and it’s also often a testing ground for new products. For example Yahoo’s “Glue Pages” were released […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 18, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google-TeleAtlas Collaborate To Improve Local Data
No matter how much 3D, imagery, flash, and other impressive functionality you build into maps, data are the core of the experience. And improving local data is like building the pyramids in a sense. It takes lots of effort from many people. For this reason Google opened up Google Maps to community editing in March […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 1, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Maps Now With “Send To Garmin”
There’s “send to car” and “send to TomTom;” now there’s “send to Garmin” (GPS devices). As with TomTom devices, Google Maps and routing can now be sent directly to Garmin personal navigation devices.
Microsoft Provides Local Search Content To Garmin Personal Navigation Devices
LiveSide reports on a deal that provides access to Live Search Maps/Local content via MSN Direct to the Garmin nüvi 780 personal navigation device (PND). Users can get maps, news, weather, local events, and other content. One can also plan trips on Windows Live Local and then “send to GPS.” The latter capability works on […]