We know that Europe has has been having issues with Google for a while now with shopping search, but the problems for Google just keep getting bigger. Not only is Google dealing with the current shopping search allegations, but there is now a parallel investigation of Android now taking off. According to some comments being […]
The other day, a new version of the iOS Google Maps app was released. There are two new documented features that were added to Google Maps, and one of them is the ability for a user to “easily add new and missing businesses from the sidebar.” This feature allows any user who has logged into the app […]
Just in time for the holidays, Google has announced that now, businesses are able to add “special hours” to their local listings within their Google My Business listings. With these “special hours,” local businesses will be able to inform their customers about longer or shorter store hours based on things like the upcoming holidays or any special events […]
Halloween is done, we’ve all trick or treated, and we’ve gotten filled to the brim with a nice stock of candy to last us until Christmas. Now, the biggest holiday of the year will be upon us within just a couple of months, and we all have to ask ourselves, are we ready? I don’t mean that […]
When it comes to the mobile search/personal assistants, such as Siri, Google Now and Cortana, local search has been a great case for the technology. Now, it looks like Amazon’s Echo is jumping into the pool as well. It seems that Echo has a pretty limited local search toolset. As an example, users could ask […]
Back in 2013, Google acquired the popular socially focused navigation app, Waze. Since their acquisition two years ago, Waze has finally released their first major app update. The features that are now present in the new update includes fewer clicks, easier navigation, better battery consumption and improved reporting and sharing. Right now, the new version of Waze […]
For the longest time, Google had been testing a new interface for Google Maps search results. But now, it seems that this new interface has finally launched. This new interface has come after Google updated the web results to show three local results, rather than seven local results. In addition, the new interface brings it in touch […]
Just as MapQuest did last year, Yahoo Small Business has decided to outsource their local listings management to Yext. The news came to customer’s attention late last week of the impending change in the form of an email: Yahoo is thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Yext to manage your Local Basic Listing moving forward. Some […]
Recently, Google announced in the Google Business forums that there is a new design update for the Google My Business portal. The new update includes new navigation that makes it easier to access the primary features, as well as making it more straightforward when accessing multiple locations when using Google My Business Locations. There are new tabs and […]
These days, technology is pretty awesome. We have powerful computers in the form of phones that can fit neatly in our pockets. Tech like that is way more powerful than the technology that went into space back in the 70’s. But now, we can do practically anything we want, regardless of where we are, without […]