Mike Blumenthal

Google Maps recently introduced a new user interface for the Local Business Center. There were some issues with the upgrade and Carter Maslan, Google’s Director of Product Management for Local, agreed to answer some of my questions about the process in a phone conversation. MB: What was the goal of the upgrade? What prompted the …

Throughout May and early June there were reports of high volume bulk upload Mapspam for Earthlink, BigLocal and Computer Assistant. These listings were national in scope and often noted that the listing was Not a physical Location. Google apparently pulled down the publicly reported Mapspam. A reader though, has pointed out that similar Mapspam is …

Google has been fixing many of the broken bits in Maps and responding positively to user input in the Maps Groups (thanks to Martijn for the alert). One problem with the recent update was the inability to move a map marker after the LBC record had been updated. Today Maps Guide Jen noted: Hi! Thanks …