Best Evers: Laura Kelso, Writer

In addition to rating and reviewing businesses on Hotpot , you can give your favorite businesses a Best Ever award. While we're in Aust...

You Can’t Spell Hydrate Without Rate

Come on down to your local Powell’s Books , our latest Portland, Oregon, partner in crime. Show your app for Android or iPhone with any pu...

Hotpotters Cheer for the Trail Blazers in VIP Style

Last week we held a little contest on our Portland Twitter channel, @HotpotPDX . We asked you guys 10 questions related to Hotpot and our P...

Share With Friends What You Liked and Disliked About a Place

Sometimes, just knowing your friend rated a place four stars isn’t enough to make a decision about where to go. That’s one reason why review...

Get Ready to Rock, Portland: Presenting the Best Ever Concert Series

Update 3.1: The   Red Fang and The Builders & The Butchers show is SOLD OUT. See you on the high seas! Update 2.26 : The Thermals and L...

The Next Round’s on Google Hotpot

Free beer. Who doesn’t love it? So we thought it’d be fun to buy a round of beers last Friday for Portland, Oregon’s, chapter of Beer & ...

Best Evers: Corey Arnold, Photographer

Editor’s Note : While we’re in Portland over the next few weeks, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking writers who live...

The Austin Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Google to Central Texas

Editor’s Note : Last week we kicked off a local marketing campaign for Google Places in Austin, Texas, to spread the word about all the Goo...

Google Teams Up With Torchy's Tacos in Austin

Photo by Paige Newton Last Friday,  we teamed up  with  Torchy's Tacos  in Austin, Texas, to kick off our newest city campaign for Googl...

Keep Your Recommendations Weird in Austin

Editor’s Note : Starting today, we’re kicking off a local marketing campaign in Austin, Texas, to spread the word about Google Places and Ho...

In Portland, Little Places with Big Ideas

Editor’s Note : While we’re in Portland over the next few weeks, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking writers who live...

Hotpot Jackpot Portland: Two Days Left to Rate

Last December, when we launched our first local marketing campaign for Google Places in Portland, Oregon, we also kicked off Hotpot Jackpot...

Google Keeps Things Warm at Mt. Hood Meadows

Skiers and snowboarders alike are always sharing with one another their favorite places to hit up on trips — from the mountain itself to the...

Google Hotpot Now Available in More Countries and Languages

A couple things we know to be true about Hotpot , our new local recommendation engine powered by you and your friends: Regardless of where y...

Best Evers: Elly Blue and Meghan Sinnott

Editor’s Note : While we’re in Portland over the next few weeks, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by running Hotpot-style ci...

Cheers: Hotpot Teams Up with Deschutes Brewery in Portland

Hotpotters Greg and Chris Yesterday we kicked off a promotion with one of our top-rated businesses on Google Places, Deschutes Brewery . The...

Google Hotpot now on Google.com and around the world

[Cross-posted from the Google LatLong Blog and Official Google Blog ] Back in November, we introduced Hotpot , a new local recommendation e...

Check in with Google Latitude

(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog .) We first introduced Google Latitude to help you stay in touch with your friends and family by ...