I am feeling Special – Google Cease & Desists Logo Use

So most of you will have probably already read about this at Philipp’s blog but for the two people reading my blog but not blogoscoped here is the story…

I checked my e-mails and found a refreshingly positive subject on one of the notes.

Unauthorized use of the GOOGLE logo on http://www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm

Google Maps without a map – Launched in India

Take away maps from Google Maps and you will get Google Local Search – sort of.
The Indian business data core listings are provided by INFOMEDIA Yellow Pages and India.com.

Read more at contnetsutra. Google launches local search Or @ krishna’s weblog Google Local for India (Indian Google employee)

Google employees as door to door salesmen – for Maps special offer

Just read this article in a German marketing magazine /in the printed version/ about Google employees in Hamburg Germany trying quite a new way of promoting their offers for small businesses.

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120 Google employees each carrying a coloured cardboard

Google Maps – Text View and Sort by Distance

Being quite busy lately I’ve somehow missed some changes on the Google Maps website’s interface.

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They have rolled out the “text-view” which gives them way more space to add textual information to the core business listings.

The Lost Tavern – Google Maps UK Video Advertising

A little Extra Help Can Go A Long Way… Stumbled on this video advertising for Google Maps UK.

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The Lost Tavern Ad for Google Maps

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The Lost Tavern Ad for Google Maps


Google Trends – Search Volumes compared

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