Google has launched Google Instant Search for Google Place search results. To see this yourself, conduct a search on Google and then click on “Places” in the left-hand panel. Then type in the search ...

Google has decided to change the name of what was called the “Google Local Business Center” to “Google Places.” The rationale, according to the press release, is to better connect Google Place Pages ...

Google Maps shows closed places in search results. It's time for Google to fix this issue and allow users to filter only open ...

Specifically, Google knows 50 million places, and when you search for say "museums new york," it now shows you a new kind of search result that replaces a list of links with a list of mini-pages for ...

Google Places officially launched globally last year as part of Google Maps. The agency behind the project Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) Tokyo said 500 stores in Shibuya signed up for the campaign which saw ...

Google just announced an update of the reviews section of Google Places, which essentially separates reviews from sites like Yelp, Zagat, Citygrid and others into separate category, called “Reviews ...

Place Search allows a user to find a list of relevant links to restaurants, review sites, blogs and other information in their area. The results are also mapped, with red pins denoting the physical ...

Mike Blumenthal reports Google is now requiring new Google Place Profiles for dropping reviews on Google Place listings. Mike said, If a current Google account user without a public profile attempts ...