Google Maps Business Reviews Vanishing After Suspension Removal

There are numerous reports of Google Maps listings, Google My Business listings that have had their suspension removed then seeing all of the reviews they had on their listings vanish. Joy Hawkins at the Local Search Forums wrote "listings that are suspended and then reinstated are missing all their reviews. This isn't intended and Google is aware of the issue."
Tags: Google Maps

Google Maps Adds More Hotel Search Filters

Google Maps has updated its desktop and mobile app versions to add filters for its hotel search functionality. Users can now search properties to find ones with amenities such as free Wi-Fi, a gym, and a pool, and to see if they are pet-friendly or kid-friendly and have services like free breakfast or a gym.
Tags: Travel, Google Maps

Russia and North Korea have a tiny shared border, which Kim Jong Un just crossed — and you can take a look around on Google Maps

North Korea is entirely shrouded on Google Maps — but some parts just outside its border aren't. The country has a short border with Russia, which Kim Jong Un crossed in April 2019 to meet Vladimir Putin. Parts of Linenaya Ulitsa, a Russian road bordering North Korea, is available on Google Street View. Take a peek into North Korea through these photos taken along the road. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. North Korea is arguably the most secretive nation in the world. It s...
Tags: Google, South Korea, Vladimir Putin, North Korea, China, Russia, Trends, Google Maps, Kim Jong, Tumen River, Korea Russia Friendship Bridge Druzhny Bridge, Linenaya Ulitsa, Primorsky Russia, Yanbian, Josan, Druzhny

Google Maps now shows EV owners which charging stations are occupied

Google has just beefed up its Maps app with extra data to help EV owners find the nearest charging station. Drivers can also find out about the number and types of ports available, and whether they're occupied. The post Google Maps now shows EV owners which charging stations are occupied appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Google, News, Cars, Trends, Google Maps, Electric Cars, Charging Stations, Ev

Google My Business: POI Establishment Category

I am seeing reports of business owners and local SEOs saying they are seeing a new category being added to some of the business listings they manage. The category is called POI Establishment and folks are confused what this is about, espesially because it can be mixed with their real categories, like barber shop, hair salon, etc.
Tags: Seo, Google Maps

Google Home & Assistant Listings May Need Google Guaranteed Label

You've seen the Google local services ads before, they have the Google Guarantee label on them. But when the Google Assistant started showing ads, people asked how does one not pay to show up in the local listings if you need the guarantee label but those come from local services ads.
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps, Google Home

Finding a place to charge your EV is easy with Google Maps

If you’ve ever driven to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station only to find that all ports are occupied, you know that you could end up waiting in line for anywhere between minutes to hours—which can really put a damper on your day when you have places to go and things to do.Starting today, you can see the real time availability of charging ports in the U.S. and U.K, right from Google Maps–so you can know if chargers are available before you head to a station. Simply search for “ev charging ...
Tags: Google, Maps, Sustainability, Google Maps

Watch Steve Jobs prank call Starbucks live on stage during the very first iPhone event

Steve Jobs is known for a lot of things. He was an incredible businessman, a world-class salesman, and he was obviously quite the visionary. When listing Jobs's top qualities, however, his sense of humor doesn't typically come up. Jobs was a terrific showman though, and the little jokes he cracked here and there during Apple's press conferences always helped keep things light. This was actually a very important yet underappreciated element of Apple's strategy during product annou...
Tags: Apple, Google, News, Steve Jobs, Reddit, Starbucks, Google Maps

Google Posts Supports Highlighting Customer Testimonials & Reviews

Google posted on Twitter that within Google My Business you can now highlight and post automatically suggested reviews as customer testimonials. Google said "Google My Business now provides suggested posts to help you showcase positive reviews. These posts are automatically suggested based on 4 or 5-star reviews recently left for your business."
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps, Google My Business

I completely gave up using the internet for 5 days — and it was way harder than I could have ever imagined

I stopped using the internet for five days to see how hard it would be. By the end of the five days, I had realized how seamlessly the internet had crept into every aspect of my life, from exercising to driving to choosing a restaurant. I won't completely give up the internet for good, but I did learn to balance out my internet usage better. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. My name's Dave, and I have an addiction. I am powerless against the lure of the internet. That...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Spotify, La, Trends, Dave, Netflix, Facebook Messenger, Google Maps, Hulu, Don Draper, Facetime, Mapquest, Alexa, Andy Samberg, SMBC

Poll: Do Google Posts Help Your Google Local Rankings?

A thread at the Local Search Forums has different local SEOs saying different things about how Google Posts helps their local rankings in Google Maps and local. Some say it helps, some say it doesn't help and some don't know either way.
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps

Google My Business Rolling Out Short Names & URLs

Google My Business is rolling out a new feature to let businesses define their short name and URLs within Google My Business. This way you can when you share your short name, customers can enter the short name URL in the browser's address bar, like "g.page/[yourcustomname]", to go directly to your Google business profile.
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps, Google My Business, Google My Business Rolling Out Short Names amp

Inside Tesla Twitter, where legendary short-sellers and amateur investors gather to trash and praise Elon Musk’s electric empire (TSLA)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk spends a lot of time on Twitter — as do his fans and critics. That combination has made Tesla one of the most talked-about companies online. A community known as $TSLAQ is betting on the company's death and have found much success in irritating the billionaire executive. Business Insider spoke with a half-dozen outspoken Tesla fans — both bulls and bears — to piece together how Tesla garnered its fandom. They say the company is "perfect" for this kind of discussion. Visit B...
Tags: Twitter, Elon Musk, New York, California, Montana, Disney, San Francisco, Trends, Tesla, Bloomberg, Porsche, TSLA, SEC, Panasonic, Google Maps, Donald Trump

Tesla Twitter is a battleground where legendary hedge-fund managers and amateur investors gather to trash and praise Elon Musk's polarizing empire (TSLA)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk spends a lot of time on Twitter — as do his fans and critics. That combination has made Tesla one of the most talked-about companies online. A community known as $TSLAQ is betting on the company's death and have found much success in irritating the billionaire executive. Business Insider spoke with a half-dozen outspoken Tesla fans — both bulls and bears — to piece together how Tesla garnered its fandom. They say the company is "perfect" for this kind of discussion. Visit B...
Tags: Twitter, Elon Musk, New York, California, Montana, Disney, San Francisco, Trends, Tesla, Bloomberg, Porsche, SEC, Panasonic, Google Maps, Donald Trump, Central Valley

Would life be happier without Google? I spent a week finding out

People had to get by without the search engine giant before it was launched in 1998. But is it possible to live your life – and do your job – without it these days?Halfway through my week without Google, my wife mentions that she would like to go out to see a film that evening, and I agree to deal with the logistics. In what I initially think is an inspired move, I drop by the local cinema on the way home and scribble down all the film times in my notebook. Then my wife insists on going to a dif...
Tags: Google, Google Maps

How to Spend Your Time in Tokyo: A Suggested Itinerary for 2019

Posted: 4/25/2019 | April 15th, 2019 Tokyo is one of the most amazing cities in the world. It’s fast-paced, futuristic, and bursting with weird and wonderful activities to keep you busy, including gorgeous shrines, palaces, and temples; hip clubs and bars; and fashionable people and shopping, not to mention cherry blossoms. Tokyo lives up to all the hype you’ve heard about it. You never know what you’ll find here. One second you’ll run into a group of women dressed in pig masks and ’80s dress...
Tags: Travel, Asia, Japan, New York, Disney, Paris, Gwen Stefani, Tokyo, Shinjuku, Eiffel Tower, Google Maps, Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki, Kyoto, Mario Bros, Hostelworld

Google Local Panel Can Show Fax Number

Does your business still have a fax number? I'll be honest, I spend about $10 per month to have one and I use it maybe once every several months. Did you know Google can list the fax number in your local knowledge panel? They can. Here is one for one law firm that must use their fax often?
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps, Google Local Panel

Google could be bankrupting Apple's privacy promises by handing over iPhone data to the police

Having an iPhone doesn't stop Google handing over your data to the police, according to a New York Times investigation. Apple has long touted itself as more privacy-conscious than competitors like Google, and even opposed the FBI over a case it said would set a "dangerous precedent" for user privacy. But the Times found that Google is giving law enforcement data from both Android devices and iPhones when requests are granted. Apple told the Times that it doesn't have the ability to furnish law...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Cook, Microsoft, Trends, Fbi, New York Times, Tim Cook, Times, Google Maps, Apple News, San Bernardino, Syed Rizwan Farook, Facebook Google, Farook

Uber relies on Google Maps for its business and spent $58 million on it over three years (GOOGL, GOOG)

Uber filed to go public on Thursday, and its paperwork shows that Uber spent $58 million on Google Maps between 2016 and 2018. Uber sees Google Maps as "critical" to its business, it says in the filing.  If Google and Uber were to end their agreement, this could harm Uber's business because other mapping services may be expensive, inferior, or just not exist.  Uber filed to go public on Thursday, and its S-1 paperwork revealed that from the beginning of 2016 to the end 2018, Uber spent s...
Tags: Google, Lyft, Uber, Trends, Google Maps, Aston Martin, Amazon Web Services, Alphabet, Alphabet Google, David Drummond, Lagonda, Dara Khosrowshahi, Waymo, IPO Uber

Uber warns that Apple and Google’s stranglehold over the distribution of apps poses a major risk to its business (GOOG, FB)

Uber is warning that Google and Apple's collective dominance over the app economy poses a potential big risk to its business. On Thursday, the ride-hailing company filed its S-1 paperwork to go public, offering an unprecedented public look at its business. Companies have increasingly complained in recent years about the stranglehold that Google and Apple's app stores give them over the rest of the tech industry. Uber is also reliant on Google Maps to function, and paid some $58 million to Goog...
Tags: Apple, Google, Uber, Spotify, Trends, Silicon Valley, App Store, Google Maps, Signal, Fortnite, Waymo

Google's Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone

Google became the world's most profitable internet company on the back of search advertising. Now, it's turning another popular web service into a major cash machine. From a report: Google Maps is an indispensable part of life for more than 1 billion people, who use it to commute, explore new cities or find a hot new restaurant. The service has been mostly free, and free from ads, since it launched 14 years ago. Interviews with Google executives and customers show this is changing as the inter...
Tags: Google, Tech, Google Maps, Morgan Stanley, Schindler, Andy Taylor, Brian Nowak, Philipp Schindler

Google Cloud makes some strong moves to differentiate itself from AWS and Microsoft

Google Cloud held its annual customer conference, Google Cloud Next, this week in San Francisco. It had a couple of purposes. For starters it could introduce customers to new CEO Thomas Kurian for the first time since his hiring at the end of last year. And secondly, and perhaps more importantly, it could demonstrate that it could offer a value proposition that is distinct from AWS and Microsoft. Kurian’s predecessor, Diane Greene, was fond of saying that it was still early days for the cloud ma...
Tags: Google, Cloud, Enterprise, Microsoft, San Francisco, Tech, Aws, Google Maps, Vmware, Google Cloud Platform, Diane Greene, Greene, Frederic Lardinois, Google Cloud, Kurian, GCP

Google wants to start making more money from Maps, and we all know what that means

Google is reportedly about to bring a version of the same playbook that turned its best-in-class search engine into an unstoppable money machine over to Google Maps, its service that more than 1 billion people rely on for directions and other related information. What that means for users, according to a new Bloomberg report, is that we may start to see more things like sponsored listings from businesses that have paid to be atop Google Maps results when you search for a variety of information, ...
Tags: Google, News, Bloomberg, Google Maps, Morgan Stanley, Dunkin Donuts, Swiss Army, Nowak, Facebook Google, Brian Nowak, Philipp Schindler, Rajas Moonka

Google flips the switch on its next big money maker: Maps

Google became the world’s most profitable internet company on the back of search advertising. Now, it’s turning another popular web service into a major cash machine. Google Maps is an indispensable part of life for more than 1 billion people, who use it to commute, explore new cities or find a hot new restaurant. The service has been mostly free, and free from ads, since it launched 14 years ago. Interviews with Google executives and customers show this is changing as the internet giant i...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Europe, Advertising, Starbucks, Merkle, Waze, Google Maps, Morgan Stanley, Doordash, Michael Kors, Schindler, Rajan, Dunkin Donuts, Alphabet Inc, Andy Taylor

Google's Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone

Google Maps is an indispensable part of life for more than 1 billion people, who use it to commute, explore new cities or find a hot new restaurant. Interviews with Google executives and customers show this is changing as the internet giant increases the ways advertisers can reach Maps users, while raising prices for some businesses that use the underlying technology. More people are searching via Amazon.com Inc. And on mobile devices, Google has already crammed the top of search results with ...
Tags: Google, Science, Google Maps, Amazon com Inc

Google Tests More Graphical Google My Business Dashboard

Google is experimenting with a new dashboard for the Google My Business section. The new dashboard shows larger cover images and photos that you can change for your business.
Tags: Google, Seo, Google Maps, Google My Business

Google Maps’ incident reporting adds slowdown option for traffic jams

Google Maps is expanding its report button to include slowdowns for when traffic is at a crawl or has ground to a halt. Incident reports for accidents and speed traps landed on Google Maps at the start of this year. The post Google Maps’ incident reporting adds slowdown option for traffic jams appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Android, Mobile, News, Cars, Trends, Google Maps, Incident Reports, Slowdowns

Google Maps is getting an even better incident reporting feature

Google earlier this year added a neat Waze feature to Google Maps meant to improve your navigation experience: Crowdsourced traffic data. After having been spotted in testing for several months, the incident reports feature rolled out to Google Maps for Android, featuring support for two different types of reports, including Speed traps and Crashes.Moving forward, Google is bringing support for a brand new kind of incident report to the mobile app that will let you easily mark traffic slowdowns....
Tags: Google, News, Google Maps

Board Question #91974: Why does the national park/forest surrounding Upper Soda, OR (Middle ...

Q: Dear 100 Hour Board,Why does the national park/forest surrounding Upper Soda, OR (Middle Santiam Wilderness?) look like a checkerboard on Google Maps?-Arn A: Dear that's giants chess, They named that forsaken Oregonian town Boardman for a reason. Suerte, --Ardilla Feroz A: Arn, I claimed this question back when the West was won. And then the government started a period of land disposal, triggering development in the west. A controversial decision if you ask any ecologist. But still probab...
Tags: Supreme Court, US, West, United States, Google Maps, Interior, ARN, Union Pacific, Boardman, Union Pacific Railroad, National Forest, Willamette National Forest, Upper Soda OR Middle, Upper Soda, Forest Service National Parks

Q1’s a Wrap, B2B Marketers: Where We’ve Been & What’s Next in 2019

We made it, B2B marketers. Spring is finally in the air and Quarter 1 is officially a wrap. Take a moment to bask in your individual, team, and business successes—you earned it. As is tradition, in just a few short months the digital marketing industry has experienced some newsworthy shifts—from a big Google algorithm update in March to a host of new targeting and advertising features across several platforms. To build on the Q1 successes we just celebrated—and take full adv...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, Seo, Linkedin, United States, Slovenia, Edelman, Nielsen, North America, Google Maps, Forrester, Toprank Marketing, Scottsdale, Custom Audiences