Comments on: Google Releases Map Maker in the US http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Mon, 20 May 2013 21:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Untold Story of 2011: Google’s Significant Investments in a Google Places Support Structure | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-564407 The Untold Story of 2011: Google’s Significant Investments in a Google Places Support Structure | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:43:01 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-564407 [...] not all) of the mess that is sometimes created by the algo. On the public side, the April, 2011 rollout and recent interface improvements of Mapmaker have given some of that power to the greater mapping [...]

]]> By: Google Places: Community Edits of Claimed Listings Are Back! | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-557459 Google Places: Community Edits of Claimed Listings Are Back! | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:31:55 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-557459 [...] be approved by a senior volunteer editor or if they will still require approval by Google staffers. MapMaker, introduced to the US in April of this year, was introduced into Canada the day before yesterday. MapMaker editors [...]

]]> By: Google Maps Returns My Maps As My Places | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-550320 Google Maps Returns My Maps As My Places | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:22:59 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-550320 [...] Tsvetkov all alerted me during the early hours of the morning that Google Maps has replaced the long missing My Maps with the apparently very useful My Places. My Places is a personalized view of every review AND map [...]

]]> By: Google Maps: The Yorks are Yucked Once Again | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-547792 Google Maps: The Yorks are Yucked Once Again | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:04:59 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-547792 [...] this problem could be solved with the newly released US version of Map Maker is  not quite clear to me as I am still struggling with learning the [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-547730 Mike Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:38:16 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-547730 @Mark

I don’t see it playing that role. Its function is to insure accuracy and detail in areas that Google might have it wrong. It just might make it easier to fix geo errors that screw up listings.

]]> By: Mark http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-547729 Mark Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:36:09 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-547729 If it is helping to give a boost in local rankings that it is surely of great use. i am sure that it will help a lot to overcome the competition.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-547711 Mike Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:31:45 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-547711 @Miriam

I did not mean to say that it was disappearing only that it was being deemphasized in access and disemination…. they are not really competitive products and I assume that both will stay in the line up..

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/04/19/google-releases-map-maker-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-547709 MiriamEllis Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:32:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9794#comment-547709 Love the idea of a Ladies Mapping Party in Kenya. Sounds like it would make a wonderful documentary film.

Mike, I am still able to access my own MyMaps from the general dashboard of my Google account. Will this functionality disappear altogether? I’ve used MyMaps in the past to illustrate certain things on clients’ sites and on my own projects.

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