I was just reading through Miriam’s Solas webdesign blog and read something I didn’t knew was there before. Here goes the story: If you encounter some incorrect business information for Emergency Services in Google it is possible to use a special contact form to notify Google of these errors. If you’ve discovered incorrect business information [...]
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Google Maps embedded in ATM Machine
This is the first time I saw this, Google Maps embedded in an ATM machine of “La Caixa”. I don’t know how long it has been there and I’ve been living in Barcelona for almost 10 months now and use these ATM machines often. I was planning on buying some tickets for a concerts using [...]
Google Maps API got its Terms of Service & FAQ updated
The Google Maps team announced that they just updated their Google Maps API Terms of Service. Also they updated the FAQ (and hope to keep it updated regularly). I’ve quickly read through the FAQ and ToS find it more thorough than before. For a Change Log overview you’d have to go here. Update: If you [...]
Google Street View also in Italy!
Just a few days ago I reported about Google Street View available in Spain. Italy now has the follow up! It is available in Rome, Florence and Milan. As I said before, I expect more countries and cities to be announced soon!
StreetView kicks off in France – Rest of Europe Soon?
Good to hear that the Google LatLong blog just reported that France is the first country in Europe to be launching Google Streetview, right after they already featured this service during this summer’s ‘Tour de France’. Now some major cities have been added to StreetView in France and Google is looking forward to add more [...]
The Real Reason for more AdSense underneath the Maps
More Google AdSense appearing in Google Maps – I’m seeing all kinds of posts popup about this ‘new’ Ads you can see underneath Google Maps. People at Techcrunch are even giving it a weird financial twist. Almost two weeks ago I asked Mike Blumenthal about these ads I started noticing and they might have been [...]
Google Maps Errors – TeleAtlas data needs some finetuning?
The recent announcement of Google switching to just one map supplier, namely the dutch company TeleAtlas, has caused an increase of alerts on Google Maps errors in the Google Maps Help Groups. I’ve seen reports so far of incorrect routes, missing cities, wrongly placed addresses, etc, etc. And as Miriam Ellis points out on her [...]
Mobile Maps get updated with Streetview and walking directions
Some of you may have read it elsewhere. Google is announcing StreetView and walking directions for Google Maps mobile! Combine all of these features together with the MyLocation feature they introduced earlier and there is no way you can miss that specific restaurant with that 5-star review anymore. You got location-based services using Cell-ID, a [...]
Quality Guidelines and reinclusion for Google Maps
Some technical difficulties with his blog doesn’t stop Mike to get up early today and post his very interesting findings on an update in the Google Maps Help Center. The Google Maps Help Center now contains some guidelines for your business inclusion and also, what to do when you got kicked out of Google Maps [...]
Google Mobile Search now gets more local
OK, officially it’s not available for people outside US and UK, although comments on the announcement by Google have said it’s available in other countries as well. But Google Mobile Search now has gotten more local. Where at first, or before, you were able to receive ‘locally relevant results’ based on your IP address or [...]
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.
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