Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
30% of all Restaurant Queries on Google Are Mobile
In a very good online webinar that Google offered called Are You Mobile Ready? they shared some interesting internal data on the percentage of mobile queries. The charts show the % of mobile queries to total search queries from January 2007 through January of this year. Previously Bing had noted that as many as 50% …
Is Group Texting Google’s Next Social Circle?
Texting, invented in 1992, has changed little over the past 19 years. In the absence of innovation on the part of the phone companies, a number of companies have stepped in and created this new class of texting product that adds a significant value layer to the basic texting function. Group texting is like adding a party …
Google Maps: York ME Found; Google gets Letter from Congresswoman
The good news is that York Me, having been lost repeatedly, has once again been found. But the story of York is really the story of Maps and Places and it is in many ways bigger than the loss of a single geographic entity. Google has insinuated Maps and Places very deeply into our lives. …
Google Place Page Changes
Last week there were a number of new features that appeared in Places and in the 7 Pack including the inclusion of event information on venue Place pages and pushing the ppc hotel booking feature to the front page. There were several that I did not have time to report on that hit my radar: …
The Future of Shopping? Get Coupons, Scan, Buy & Check Yourself Out via iPhone
The MIT Technology review put up a video about an iPhone app created by Modiv Media that lets grocery store customers “scan items while they shop, presents them with personalized offers as they go, and speeds up their checkout” by transmitting the completed order to the register. The app and system is currently being deployed …
Google Pushes Hotel Booking Feature to the Front Page of SERPs
Google, having first introduced the hotel booking feature in November on a limited test basis, has now pushed the ability to procure a reservation to the front page of the main search results for both blended and 7-pack displays. The test from Google has included a limited number of travel sites and a few high …
Google Places is Adding Upcoming Events To Venues via Rich Snippets
Reader Matt Feldman of Yelo.us has pointed out a new feature in Places where Google is now integrating venue events into their Places Pages. It allows an individual to add the event data to their personal Google calendar and to “invite friends using the ‘Add to calendar’ link that appears alongside the event”. Google has …
Google Adds End User Offers Signup to Google.com/Portland
Portland has been a keystone city in Google’s Hotspot Hotpot Places marketing efforts. They inundated Portland businesses and individuals with high visibility ads, marketing, schwag and high profile sponsorships. We don’t know the number of additional claimed Places listings but we do know that it lead to a dramatic uptick in their ratings and reviews, …
Google Offers Beta – More Details
Greg Sterling pointed out a new Offers video and merchant sign up page. Here is the content from a newly posted help file explaining the program: Google Offers Help Overview What is Google Offers? Google Offers BETA will get you great deals in your city on things you like and things you need. Whether it’s …
Google Maps: The Yorks are Yucked Once Again
The geography of the name York has an illustrious history in Maine. The Town of York was settled in 1624 and the county of the same name was established in 1636. The Town of York has four villages, York Village, York Harbor, York Beach and Cape Neddick, commonly known as …. The Yorks. So if …
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