2012 was an Interesting Year for Local Search In 2012 we saw the introduction of Google+ local and its slow but interesting development. Hopefully we will continue to see the development and integration of places and plus. As of right now there is still many elements that could be improved in an effort to make [...]
Twitter has released 2012′s data showing us the top trends, Golden Tweets and more that occurred this year. According to Twitter, “The 2012 Trends reveal what captured our attention, rather than what terms were consistently popular.” You can visit 2012.twitter.com to see a breakdown of 2012 which was a rather busy year for social media. [...]
If you have not seen it already, Google has updated their previous review format which closely features Zagat’s review system to a simpler and more straightforward review layout. The new format allows user to write the standard verbal review and then select from 4 categories: Poor-Fair, Good, Very Good, Excellent You can see an example [...]
Last week Google unveiled the new feature Google+ Local. This new feature is a result of Google integrating Google Places into their social network Google+. This new update is Google’s effort to combine and streamline Google+, Google Places and Google Maps to all use the same platform. This will also allow a much more direct [...]
There was a bug that occurred within Google Places last weekend, the result was that multiple listings stopped displaying on Google’s first page of local results. In Google’s defense they were quick to respond to the complaints being posted in the Google Groups forum concerning the issue. They said the bug is getting worked out [...]
Update: April 25, 2012 This issue was a glitch and was corrected. Google users can now see the additional pages of “Places”results. _________________________________________________________________ More changes have occurred within the Google’s local search.Last week we saw the start of users no longer being able to see beyond the first page of “Place” results. In the past [...]
For some time now Google’s local search results have stuck with a standard format of display results either in a 7-pack, 3-pack or 1-pack. The number of results displaying was determined by Google’s algorithm. However, if you have not noticed already several weeks ago this standard of formatting changed and we noticed and so have [...]
Today if you visit Google you will notice the standard Google logo has been censored out and looks something like this: Google has done this in an effort to help spread the word against the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. Google does state: [...]
If you have not noticed it before when you are searching for something on Google be sure to check the top left corner under the Google logo to see if Google is personalizing your search. If you have a Gmail and are logged in while doing a search on Google chances are Google is tailoring [...]
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