I was searching for some documentation about on site embedded Google Maps implementations and geocoding features of the Google Maps API. Many times, I have to remember myself, to look into the google code pages. Because they turn out to be a very helpful resource of information. So, with some help, I ran across this [...]
Are you ready for Street View?
It seems that Europe is getting ready for the Street View feature in Google Maps. In the past couple of months there were reports of Google Street View cars visiting various cities in Europe, for example, here in Madrid and Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam/Rotterdam. And just this afternoon a colleague shot this picture outside our office [...]
Fix incorrect marker option is back!
Word has that Google put back the ‘fix incorrect marker location’. Google Maps Guide Sirene posted this in the Google groups. So it’s not necessary anymore to use the trick I used for you US users to change the interface/engine by switching back to a European one, where we are still awaiting the updates. Screen [...]
What should Google do?
What should Google do to make their Google Maps product more successful? First off all, in the ‘link’ feature, to send people links of google maps, they should provide you with some sort of tinyURL that is descriptive. Everywhere you see Google asking you to be clear as possible, using good structured URL formats, etc, [...]
Google engineers – shed some light please
OK. Less might be more, but what’s this? Now select everything that is inside the balloon and copy it into a text file.
Less is…more Maps
Less is more, that’s what Google wrote on their LatLong blog. They decided to clean the Google Maps interface a bit, which was by now cluttered with all kinds of information which made some of the users dazzle. Again, Let’s do something for the user-experience. let’s make it more easy! Bigger Map viewing area for [...]
Local SEO in Travel
Yesterday I was reading the Google Maps help groups for business owners, and a question was raised if it was Okay with Google to submit (self contained) accommodations to the Local Business Center. we’re an accommodation provider with over 150 self contained holiday listings. We’d like each of these properties to appear on the local [...]
The conference I missed..
The conference I missed was SMX Local / Mobile. Too bad I’m ‘stuck’ here down in Europe, because I would have liked to meet some fellow local search enthusiasts in person. Well, Maybe next year. Luckily, for me, and all of you that were not there, there is some good reading material online. David Mihm [...]
The definitive guide on using KML for SEO
Most of you in the Local SEO business have probably heard of KML, but consider it a buzzword, Chinese or something they don’t want to get their hands dirty on. But what is KML and how can it help you in your local SEO strategy? Recently Eric Enge from StoneTemple consulting interviewed Google’s Director of [...]
About Martijn
I'm Martijn Beijk, Digital Analytix Consultant with comScore. In my sparetime I specialize in Local Search.
My enthusiasm lays in Local & Mobile, including location-based services, context-awareness, semantic web and things as such.
Want to get in touch or hire me? contact me by mail or at Twitter: @martijnbeijk
