Reviewing the Best Pet Places in Portland, Oregon

Because we had so much fun at our  Doggie Day Out in Austin, Texas, we wanted to continue celebrating all of our favorite pet-related place...

Google Celebrates Take Your Child to Work Day

It’s no secret that working for Google can sometimes make you feel like a kid. Between the ping pong and foosball tables, video games, and e...

‘Gin & Jam’ Cocktail Wins Top Honors at Places Rating Party

It takes finesse to please the distinguished palates of the Austin, Texas, food blogger crowd, but the star chefs at Second Bar + Kitchen s...

Beyond Claiming Your Place Page

Last week, we invited a group of public relations and social media professionals to Google Austin to introduce them to the range of feature...

Finding the Best French Fries in Portland

Last week we embarked on the first of our Google Places Review Bus Tours in Portland, Oregon. The first tour topic? French fries! In the wee...

Talking Favorite Places at Portland’s Star Bar

This week we hosted our first Google Cocktail Mixer at Portland, Oregon’s, Star Bar . Owners Tamar and Josh welcomed our Google Places crew...

Celebrate Earth Day: Share your great outdoor recommendations on Google

Sharing recommendations on Google Places isn’t only about telling your friends the great new restaurants you’re discovering. It’s about sh...

Reviewing the Best Sandwiches in Portland, Oregon

This past weekend, we held a Portland Sandwich Throwdown to find out what are some of the best sandwiches in town. In the lead up to the big...

Next Stop: San Diego, California

(Cross-posted on the Google Small Business Blog .) Every day, more and more users are looking online for local information — where to eat, w...

Meet the Team: Mat Balez, Product Manager

Editor’s Note : We love highlighting our users here on the blog, so we thought it’d also be fun to introduce you to the people behind the G...

Doggie Day Out with Google Places in Austin, Texas

Just as Austin moves into the dog days of summer, many a pooch and their owner joined us this weekend at Norwood Estate Dog Park for Doggie ...

Best Evers: Leigh Feldman, Events Producer and Advertising Specialist

Editor’s Note : As we set up shop in cities across the country, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking different local ...

Google Places Teams Up with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce

Madison, Wisconsin, has a reputation for community spirit, a love for local business, and a history of fantastic local breweries. So it was ...

New on Google Places: Profiles, photo uploads and search tweaks

If you haven’t seen them yet, here are some of the new features you'll find on Google Places : New profile : When you click on a friend...

Smash Putt Takes Mini Golf to the Next Level

Editor’s Note : A Seattle group has brought Smash Putt — half art exhibition, half miniature golf course — to Portland, Oregon, for the sec...

Google Places Sings Like A Star with the National Karaoke League

Cue the “Don’t Stop Believin’”! Yesterday, we made a visit to the National Karaoke League ’s two Austin, Texas, Divisions. In addition to ha...

Hotpot is going Places

Last November, we introduced Hotpot , our recommendation engine to help people discover great new places when they search on Google. It’s si...

The Best Meal EVER

Editor’s note : We recently held a contest in Portland called the Hotpot Jackpot (we also held one in San Francisco too!). The contest was ...