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Bing to Expand Streetside Imaging by Partnering with Navteq
Last week, Bing unveiled Streetside imaging but you may have noticed it’s not quite extensive. Hold your horses. These things take time.…
Google Sends Scannable Decals to Local Businesses for Storefront Dislay
Over 100,000 business have been selected as “Favorite Places in Google.” Over 9,000 cities and towns in all 50 U.S. states are…
MapQuest Adds and Updates Search Categories
Here are the new ones: ATM’s (Now Over 72,000!) Parks Stadium Arenas and Athletic Fields Tourist Attractions (Includes 1.5M Locations!) Court Houses…
Local Small Businesses and Social Media Marketing
It's more important than ever for small businesses to become active in social media communities in some aspect.
Google Adds Geographic Information to Some Search Results
Google is making it easier to identify where some sites exist geographically. Normally, you can tell this information from the URL, such…
How Language Affects the Long Tail
Every language is different and presents its own challenges. You must be linguistically thorough with your keywords to be successful.
Google Maps Launches Navigation for Android 1.6
Recently, Google Maps launched Navigation, a robust GPS system for Android. But it only came out for Android 2.0, meaning it could…
Google Launches Mobile Coupons 4 Days Before Black Friday
Google is giving local businesses the ability to make their coupons available to mobile devices. Accessing Coupons You can find coupons on…
The Year of Mobile: Closer Than We Think?
Consumers are increasingly relying on smartphones and other mobile devices to select local businesses and brands. Consider these trends.
Google Adds Street View to Hawaii, Int’l Locations; Latitude Gets History and Location Alerts
The Google Earth and Maps Team has been hard at work unloading a bunch of updates. First up, Street View images for…