Getting Our (Arcade) Game On in Portland, Oregon

Last week, we finally got to enjoy the night we’d all been waiting for: the GAME ON Party at Ground Kontrol in Portland. The Google Portlan...

Introducing our San Francisco Community Manager, Ashley Hayes

Well hello, dahlings, pleasure to make your acquaintance! My name is Ashley Hayes, and I’m your San Francisco Community Manager for Google P...

Meet the Team: Gregor J. Rothfuss, Technical Lead for Google Maps User Interface

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

Connecting Business Owners and Customers in Tokyo

Google Places is all about connecting with the places you love. For the past several months, the Google Places team has been spreading the ...

Google New York Has a Sweet Time in Central Park

This past Saturday, the Google New York community team stopped by Cupcakes Take The Cake ’s Cupcake Picnic in Central Park to talk about ou...

Video: Give your favorite business the Best Ever medal

We all have our favorite spots. The places we tell everyone about because we love them that much. Maybe it’s that cute bakery down the stree...

Google Austin Gets Smart at the Encyclopedia Show

What do you get when you combine hilarious performers, an inane topic, and a fact-checker from the completely made up very, very real “Inst...

Discover new local gems with our new city pages

(Cross-posted on the Small Business Blog .) Over the past six months, Google Places has ventured into Portland, Oregon ; Austin, Texas ; Sa...

Google Offers beta launches in Portland, Oregon

(Cross-posted on the Google Commerce Blog .) Nothing beats a good deal, and during these couple weeks we saw that first hand. We teamed up w...

Introducing our Brooklyn community manager, Margarita Vaisman

Brooklyn’s in the house! Hi, folks! My name is Margarita Vaisman , and I’m your Brooklyn, New York, community manager for Google Places . Th...

Introducing our San Diego Community Manager, Megan Pogoda

It all began when I was 5 years-old and came to San Diego to visit family. Eight years later, I vacationed there again, and I was officially...

Introducing Descriptive Terms in Local Search Results

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long  and Small Business blogs.) Whether it’s to find a great place for dinner or to grab a cup of coffee, I often...

Introducing our Manhattan Community Manager, Esther Brown

Hello, New York! My name is Esther Brown and I’m absolutely thrilled (and humbled!) to introduce myself as the Manhattan Community Manager ...

Video: Get great recommendations using the Google Places app for iPhone

Recently, we introduced you to Professor Emoji . He taught you all about how to use the Google Places app for your Android-powered phone. Bu...

Austin Places Power Users Play Ball

Editor’s Note : The Places team loves to recognize people who are actively contributing quality reviews via Google Places. We call this bunc...

Tasting (and Launching!) Austin’s Best Cupcakes at the Cupcake Smackdown

Have you ever wondered how fast a cupcake travels when it’s shot from a high-powered cannon? Neither had we, and yet, our Google Places team...

Video: Get great recommendations using Google Places for Android

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be posting short how to videos — starring the great and wise Professor Emoji — to share some tips and tri...

Meet the Team: Gueorgi Kossinets, Quantitative User Experience Researcher

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