People really know how to out-do themselves, don’t they? Sure, we’ve been hearing about the little hacks that some have done with Google Maps, such as pictures of Android mascots urinating or references to Edward Snowden, but there are other things that we should probably leave alone. In this case, somebody used the tool for […]
The way we market our businesses these days have definitely changed since the days of the old, such as the Yellow Pages, and simply doing television and radio spots. With the introduction of online marketing, things really have become different. But within the last several years, online marketing got shook up yet again with the […]
Recently, Amazon launched a brand new marketplace for local businesses, called Amazon Home Services, which is a new marketplace meant for local businesses to sell professional services to customers.In a nutshell, this new service allows customers to purchase and schedule professional services, such as plumbers, landscapers and the like. This new service simply adds a whole new […]
Who is the latest company to purchase Nokia’s mapping unit HERE? That company would be Uber. According to the NY Times, Uber was reported to have submitted a $3 billion bid for the mapping provider. At this point, that amount hasn’t been confirmed. Assuming that Uber can obtain HERE, this will be the second successful mapping acquisition […]
Thanks to some folks who enjoy creating hacks, Google has temporarily suspended Google Map Maker, which is a service that lets the community create edits to Google Maps, which isn’t too unlike Wikipedia. Recently, public edits were the cause of the suspension due to the fact of how easy it is to create fraudulent edits […]
When it comes to growth strategy for multi-location businesses, acquisition of competitor locations is quite the common strategy. By focusing on competitor locations, there are a number of advantages that present themselves, such as quick entry into a market, or economies of scale. Unless you don’t have a very good understanding of how easy it […]
Have you ever wanted to bookmark places you find on Google Maps? Well, now it looks like you can! Google has give users the ability to save places from the Google local box in search results. Basically, you can bookmark places you want to map now or visit later. So what is the new way […]
Do you travel? Are you always going to different places that require you to use online services to help you get to where you need to go? It seems in this day and age, that’s what most people are doing. They’re using online transit information to find the best and fastest route to where they […]
There is a place that allows local SEO consultants and agencies who manage business listings for clients to have access to a number of new, agency-friendly tools. This place is called Bing Places for Business. According to Bing’s announcement, the first thing a consultant wants to do is register as an agency at BingPlaces.com. After registration, […]
Google has decided to get the ball rolling on their April Fool’s festivities early by getting it started as of yesterday, March 31st with today’s release of PAC-Maps. This special Google Maps feature allows users to play Pack-Man via various Google Maps locations. If you’d like to play, open a Google Maps location and click on […]