Google has improved its local search offering, which provides address information for nearby businesses, by pulling Google Maps out of beta to answer the question: "Are we there yet?" Google's maps ...

Google Search can now make AI-powered calls to local businesses. Businesses are selected based on traditional local search rankings. The feature is rolling out in the U.S. with higher usage limits for ...

Google published a research paper describing how it extracts “services offered” information from local business sites to add it to business profiles in Google Maps and Search. The algorithm describes ...

Google seems to be testing its AI-organized search results pages for local search queries. We saw Google testing this for shopping-related queries after Google announced at I/O that it would roll out ...

Google Local finally left beta in the U.S. and Canada on Thursday, offering local search results with integrated map information. Users can pull up nearby businesses blended with satellite imagery and ...