Mike Blumenthal

When Google ripped  Local out of Google Plus last summer and stopped linking to Plus, they noted that the unverified Plus pages (what Google called “shell” pages) would be removed. That never seemed to happen but it might just be starting now. Removing the Plus Pages must have been a difficult process with a few too many dependencies and those …

AllLocal is reporting that Google GMBL (bulk) has finally added support for businesses to add specific photos to their listings. The feature allows photos to be uploaded to for the following fields Profile photo, Logo photo, Cover photo, Other photos. More importantly Google now allows the business to identify which of the specifically uploaded photos is their …

At Local U Mike Ramsey and I take a deep dive into simple and easy to implement use cases that small businesses can take advantage of with SMS.

Early in February Barry Schwartz reported that Google had rolled out a new mobile travel search experience that made provided a very deep “click in” experience on Google. On a search like “Where to go in France” Google offered tiles in the main search for significant cities that when clicked took you to a list …