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Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this seems to be the pattern for Google as far as making changes to their products:
Debut epic product
Make continual changes to said epic product
Make new product to make other product work better, then incorporate it into said epic product like they should have done in the first [...]

How often do you rate and review places you’ve been? When you do review places do you prefer to do it while you’re there or after you’ve had the full-on experience? The Google Places Blog posted a little how-to video that serves as a quick demo for those who use the iPhone app for Google [...]

A recent post by TechCrunch shows how Google Places is incorporating Yelp reviews into their iPhone app.
Rather than rehashing the post or getting into rules, what is considered public domain, copyright laws and all that fun stuff — I want to know what you think about it. Is Google Places violating their own rules [...]

Guess who else is entering into the world of daily deals where local businesses offer significant discounts on products and services? Here are some hints: they followed the iPad with Honeycomb, followed Foursquare with Latitude/Hotpot and provided a solution to Apple’s subscription service debacle with One Pass.
Who is it? Google! It seems like a [...]

Last week was National Small Business Week.
Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has proclaimed National Small Business Week to recognize the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America. As part of National Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration recognizes this special impact made by outstanding entrepreneurs [...]

Maybe it’s because my city, Austin, was one of the lucky cities chosen to be part of the Google places campaign to get local business attractions noticed on a larger scale … but I have to say: I love what is happening with Google places.
If you don’t know already, you should know that the [...]

Google introduced Hotpot last November as a separate product from Places, which didn’t make sense to me. It seemed to go hand-in-hand with Places (or like it should go hand-in-hand with Places), but like many of Google’s offerings – it was segmented. Maybe, if their products were better integrated with one another, they wouldn’t have [...]

About a month ago Google launched their Hotpot marketing campaign here in Austin. Portland was the first city where they teamed up with local businesses to promote their services to customers by using Google Places and Hotpot technology.
Google has given local businesses posters to hang in their front windows, which name the business as “Recommended [...]

Is There An Outrank.com Scam Going On?
Who is Outrank.com and what do we do? Outrank.com is a local Austin SEO company that works with thousands of small business owners to improve rankings by achieving front page placement on Google, Yahoo, and Bing. We start by creating relevant profiles and detailed business listings that highlight our clients [...]

Google unveiled Hotpot in November. Since then, they have made some changes that are integrated into Google Places, Google Search and Google Maps.
If you haven’t already heard, Hotpot reviews from your friends will be incorporated into Google’s search results. The benefit to you is that the place results will still be sorted by relevance and if a friend has [...]