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January 14, 2009

Google Groups for Maps Moved to new Forum Platform

Category: Google Places (Maps & Local) – Mike Blumenthal – 6:17 pm

As noted several weeks ago, Google Groups for Maps was being moved to new Forum Platform. That switch has now taken place. From the Lat Long Blog:

Our Google Map Help Group now has a new home! You may have already heard of (or tried out) the new Google Help Forums. Today, our Google Maps Help Group will be moving to this new platform.

The help forum is still an area for users to come together to discuss and share their knowledge of Google Maps and the Local Business Center – only now it has a new look. It’s integrated with our help center, which makes it even easier to jump into the forum while you’re browsing the help center. You can search for content across both the forum and help center articles as well.

The “help” link in the Local Business Center goes to the help center where they are offered a choice of going to the new Maps Help Forum. This integration and new layout should make the forum easier to find from the LBC.

Please consider leaving a comment as your input will help me (& everyone else) better understand and learn about local.

3 Comments »

  1. I was about to repost one of my old questions from the groups but to have found out they already solved the issue! hooray, and hooray for the new groups.
    hopefully things will get more clear now. I definitely like the feature ‘did this answer the question?’

    Comment by Martijn (77 comments) — January 14, 2009 @ 6:37 pm

  2. Here’s to improved support!

    Mike

    Comment by Mike (2500 comments) — January 14, 2009 @ 11:38 pm

  3. [...] recent upgrade to their support forums has a number of pluses and a few [...]

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