Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Google Maps now lets business owners update their listings with ‘temporarily closed’ ...

Internet observers often extol the wisdom of the crowd, but appear to be less keen to consider the malice of the crowd. Thus, Google, ever optimistic about leveraging free labor to organize online ...

Google Maps is getting a few UI tweaks for the listing page. The “Popular times” section for a location has moved above the reviews section. The options for suggesting an edit, measuring distance, ...

Google recently introduced the ability for those who have created a page in Google+ of a type other than Local business or place to integrate their Google+ Page with their Google Maps local listing.

As Pride month continues, Google is adding support for an LGBTQ+ owned attribute to Business Profiles that appear in Search and Maps. “Identifies as LGBTQ+ owned” will appear on store listings with an ...

Most people research products or services online before they contact a company. The search engine results page is a competitive battlefield for companies that do most of their business in their ...

Google will start listing verified abortion providers through its Google Maps service. The company will verify that these facilities perform the procedure and label them accordingly. The move will ...