Google Buys Quicksee

Google has purchased Quicksee for $10 million. We can expect that there will soon be video walkthroughs of local businesses integrated into Google Places and Google Maps. This will be a great feature for researching local businesses and other locations. Google has already been sending photographers … [Read more...]

Google Instant: A New Search Feature

Google Instant Search

Google has introduced Instant Search. I was just typing in a search query as usual and suddenly the search result page started changing - updating as I typed! This will be very familiar to anyone who has used Google Desktop Search or the Windows Search in newer versions of Windows, or even the … [Read more...]

Business Owners Can Respond to Reviews in Google Places

Google Places Review Reply

This is month-old news by now but I hadn't gotten around to writing about it yet and it's fairly important. Google Places now lets business listing owners reply to reviews on their listing directly within the listing. This is important because previously there was no such functionality. As a … [Read more...]

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