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 [...]
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 [...]
Location-based services now hotter than hot?
Location-based services are hot. Now hotter than before. Because Google just launched their Geolocation API. This is what you can call the pre-web3.0 era. Small startups trying to provide even the smallest semantic web like services online. Providing location-based services, opening up their programming code, Developing APIs for the developers to use and create even [...]
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 [...]
Reviews and ratings for your business with Google Maps Mobile
Some nice news for Google Maps Mobile yesterday! the Official Google Mobile blog is announcing that you are now able to write reviews and add ratings to your business using your mobile phone. Imagine you just had diner in a restaurant, you search for the place in Google and it will present you with the [...]
There is no such thing as mobile internet – Mobile 2.0 Europe
There is no such thing as mobile internet, it is the same internet! This was one of the (quite obvious, but often misunderstood) messages of Mobile 2.0 Europe, which I was attending on behalf of my employer Onetomarket.It was a very interesting event, especially the panel rounds. Most fun part was the discussion between the [...]
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
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- Google Maps embedded in ATM Machine November 14, 2008
- Updates on Google Local Business Center – What would you like to see? June 10, 2008
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- Google Notebooks and Security – a wake up call November 14, 2008
- Local Search at SMX Advanced London 2011 May 9, 2011
- Speaking at Tableau EU Customer Conference Amsterdam May 9, 2011
- Introducing Sitestat Countername Detector November 26, 2010
- Conversion Optimization at SMX Stockholm 2010 September 21, 2010
- Local Search Ranking Factors 2010 June 8, 2010
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