Tag: Local

Google+ Local Reveals Google’s Plan For Zagat
Google has announced that it's rolling out Google+ Local, which it bills...
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Google Talks More About Google Places & Google+ Local
Earlier today, Google announced the launch of...
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Google Makes Changes To Local Listings On Android, iOS
Google has made some adjustments to local search results on Android and iOS devices. Users can now see an experience that more closely resembles that of the desktop experience....
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Google Suggests Closing Old Listings In Places When Changing Addresses
SEO Barry Scwhartz blogged about moving to a new office, saying that Google suggested he close his listing...
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Google Makes Some Local Search Adjustments
On Friday, Google put out is monthly list of algorithm changes, for the month of April. We've taken a closer look at various entries on that list - there were over 50. Here's our c...
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Google Local Ranking Factors Listed By New Bizible Study
Bizible, a company created by former Bing/Microsoft adCenter staff, has put together an interes...
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Google Mobile Search Gets New Recent Icon
Google announced the launch of a new local search featurew for mobile devices. There's a new "recent" icon that appears on Google.com on Android devices and iPhones, which will sho...
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Beyond Google Zeitgeist: A Lot Of Local Searching
Google released its annual Zeitgeist this week. We covered this here...
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Local Merchants Want to Advertise with Facebook & Google Offers [Infographic]
MerchantCircle has released the following infographic looking at where local merchants are spending their marketing dollars:...
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Google Acquires Clever Sense (Groupon Doesn’t)
Last week, there were reports that Groupon was in talks to acquire Clever Sense, makers of the Yelp-...
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MapQuest Vibe Launched to Rank Local Businesses
AOL announced the launch of MapQuest Vibe, which it says generates “real-time rankings of neighborhoods, local hotspots and points-of inte...
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Foursquare, Mayor Emanuel Promote Chicago Check-Ins with Windy City Badge
In Chicago, 250,000 different users have checked-in to 80,000 different venues 10,000,000 times using Foursquare. With those stats, it's one of the most Foursquare-loving cities i...
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Why Zagat Might Be a Smarter Purchase for Google Than Yelp
By now you’ve heard the news that Google has purchased Zagat Reviews. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Zagat, it has a worldwide set of reviews that travelers have relie...
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Google Gives Local Users More Power in Map Editing
Google announced today that it has launched the Regional Expert Reviewer program fro Google Map Maker. If you're unfamiliar with Google Map Maker, it's an offering from the com...
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Zagat Acquired by Google
Google just announced that it has acquired Zagat. This should be pretty huge for Place Pages. Zagat is of course a big name consumer review service. On the Official Google...
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