Google is now showing a blue map pin with a city name under some of the search result snippets. This seems to be rolling out now and seems to be new. It shows you if a specific website is near you or in a specific city, I think. Here is what this looks like for … Read more
Google is testing a new shape and maybe colors for the map pins they use in Google Search and Google Maps. The new shape is less of a pin/diamond shape and more of a circle shape. I spotted this change via Gagan Ghotra who posted these screenshots of X. This is from the Google Search … Read more
There’s a scam going on in the world of Google Maps/Google Business Profile. Competitors can move Google Map pins to a new location which can negatively impact rankings. This has been happening for several months and impacted many Google Business Profile listings. It’s easy for scammers to make this change using the Suggest an edit … Read more
A few months ago I posted about a possible bug with Google Maps where Google Map pins were being moved around into one location. I later updated the post to suggest it was more of a spam or **** exploit. Yep, spammers are hijacking the location of businesses on Google Maps by moving their map … Read more
Here is an interesting room at the Google Chicago office. You can see the line of art on the wall, which is made up of special Google Map pins. Also, the ceiling looks like some sort of honeycomb design. This was posted on Instagram. Here is a closer look at one of those map pins: … Read more
Here is a photo of someone who received a gift from Google of a Google Maps lapel pin. It probably makes for a great lapel pin but I don’t see where you can buy one yourself. I see a Google Maps pin patch and then several lapel pins but not of the Google Maps pin … Read more
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