The most oft repeated complaint and the biggest ongoing mystery in the Google Maps for Business Group has been: “Why can’t I be in the same category as my competitor?”
Google Maps Category Mystery Part 2: BackgoundrnOn of the long standing mysteries in managing a Local Business Center business listing for Google Maps has been:“Why does my listing not show up in the same category as my competitor?”.
Although the projections and numbers differ depending on the source there is no denying that the future of local search is upon us now! According to a Piper Jaffray 2007 research paper 30% of all queries contain a city, state or zip code. Furthermor
TurnHere signed with AT&T subsidiary YellowPages.com to pair YellowPages.com local advertisers with TurnHere's network of videographers. In the case of this recent deal, TurnHere will produce videos about local and small businesses for the YP firm
Zillow had released some data to the public domain which provides the outline shapes of 7000 neighborhood boundaries in the US.
Matt Fox of Google Earth Library, converted the Zillow data and put it up on his blog.
If this trend continues, according to hitwise, Google Maps will become the “maps leader” in the United States within two years. Over the last twelve months, Google Maps gained 10% and almost every other major maps destination lost ground — this soun
Among a number of partner announcements at CES, Garmin, Live Search Maps, and MSN Direct announced new functionality that allows Garmin GPS devices, including the new Garmin nüvi 780, to receive information from MSN Direct, including user input thro
Many people I speak to still ask the familiar question, "Is this going to be the breakout year for local?" while expressing frustration or disappointment that "local hasn't yet lived up to expectations." But local is a marathon, not a sprint. I
Is the Minority Report scene where John Anderton walks through a shopping mall and personalized advertisements jump out at him getting close to actual reality?
Google added support for custom icons in Google Maps, so now you can use any image on the web for your placemarks. Just click on the new 'Add an icon' link in the icon menu, type the URL into the dialog box, and you're good to go. I
In response to criticism, anyone can alert Google to have an image of a license plate or a recognizable face removed from Street View, not just the owner of the face or car, says Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience a