Did Someone Flip the Lights on Google Places?
The speculation around upcoming changes with Google Places had been circulating within the search community for quite some time now. Perhaps the not so recent launch of Google+ Local served as an indication that Google had bigger plans for an integration within its competitive Google+ social media network. For many local small businesses Google Places search serves as a lead generation hub in driving local traffic into their door. Did Google purposely flip the lights on Google Places Search? (more…)