Category Archives: Google

Google Places – the good, the bad and the ugly

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

Google places iPhone app was announced today. This is the first rev of something that is likely going to be pretty big. A quick review:   Good: Lots of data, Aggregated feedback (Yelp, CitySearch etc.) Bad: Very basic interface, no … Continue reading →

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Google to hand out devices to local businesses

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

Recently Techcrunch had a piece on Google giving away 8M devices to local businesses to facilitate checkins, reviews and more…Now to be honest, I actually had a little insider info about his coming down the Google pike. Now that I … Continue reading →

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Google maps targets ads based on addresses

Posted on May 19, 2009 by

Today I looked up an address for a watch repair shop in Google Search. Then I went to maps.google.com to get a map. Lo and behold, there is an ad for another watch repair shop below the directions. To experiment, … Continue reading →

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