Local business listings will now be featured more prominently in regular Google searches instead of being contained within Google Maps. Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, as ...

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 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 ...

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 ...