Understanding Google Maps & Local Search


February 24, 2009

Google Maps Business List View Tweaked

Category: Google Maps (Google Local) – Mike – 5:43 pm

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Google has upgraded the wording and massaged the layout of the business listings in Map & Text Views.

The most obvious change is the larger and more prominent search title at the top of the listing, reinforcing the what and the where of the search for the searcher. While the category information is now presented in less bold relief, it is more visible in the cleaner top layout.

However the search modification wording has been slightly changed and the search count of results has been de-emphasized and moved to the bottom of the screen.

I am not the only human that noticed this change (although probably one of the few who cares). At least one other reader alerted me. Thanks to PureSheer for the heads up.

Here is a screen shot of the same search results from last week that reflected the K-Pac upgrade for reference:

New Map view

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