We'll admit from the start: this change will not revolutionize the world. It probably won't even bring a single new person to Google Maps. Still, a nice little interface tweak's been made insofar as Google Maps now displays business info when users hover over any points of interest. Try not to think of this as saving anyone a single click. The change will matter most when people would otherwise be clicking all over the place, trying to find out more about 10, 15,

My name is Sree, and I joined the Bing team just over a year ago after graduating from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Since then, my work has been focused on Bings history features, and it has been a wild ride. I remember when my manager first pulled me into this project; he explained the vision that trust and respect for privacy must be inherent in the features we develop, giving users the control over their information and doing it in a very transparent way.

Google has launched some new features for the Google Analytics API. These include support for advanced segments and 48 new metrics around goal performance, as well as goal configuration data. "With advanced segmentation, you can look beyond your aggregated data and peer into the nuances of traffic and visitor activity on your site," says Nick Mihailovski of the Google Analytics API Team. "For example, the average time on site for all visits could be 60 seconds,

Yahoo just made a minor enhancement to its search results by making it easier to find local businesses . This is done by adding the Yahoo local business shortcut everytime it displays search results for business-related query even if the query does not contain the location. Additionally, search results can now be refined further by neighborhood or nearby city right on the search results page.

Whether it is a good time or not to be in the publishing industry right now, is most likely a matter of opinion, probably dependent on the amount of cash in your advertisers pocket, and DEFINITELY dependent on what side of the impending digital divide you are sitting. However, if you are in search and social media right now i would argue that this has to be hands down the most thrilling time to be working with content publishers. Why?

Yahoo's got something to offer people who are tired of typing cities' names and zip codes into search boxes. Today, the company announced improved local business results that will allow users to find nearby places without first providing tons of details. Nitzan Achsaf, a senior product manager, explained all of the details on the Yahoo Search Blog . He wrote, "For example, if you are in the Palo Alto area and search for 'evvia,' Yahoo!

by Mike Moran Image by LaPetiteTwinkie via Flickr I realize that to some, this is a dumb question. I mean, if you have a Web site, why would you NOT optimize it for search? Organic search is the cheapest way to bring people to your site and paid search is the easiest, so it's a no-brainer for you to recommend that every blessed Web site on the Internet dive right into search marketing, right? Wrong. So, as you stare into the distance,

Benjamin Ellis, a leading consultant for digital businesses and tech startups in the UK seems to be in the mood for being challenged at the moment. After tackling awareness of prostate cancer with the ritual challenge of movember , he has now turned his attention to online privacy. In the wake of the storm of blogging reactions to Eric Schmidt's comments on privacy ,

Following Biz Stone's recent confirmation that Twitter would indeed be launching premium account features for businesses "by the end of the year," the company has given further indication of what exactly those features might look like. Writing on the company's blog yesterday, Anamitra Banerji, a product developer at Twitter, introduced a beta test of a tool dubbed "Contributers" that will allow multiple users to contribute to one corporate account.

Hi everyone, I'm Judy Chang from the nonprofits team and I wanted to share an exciting one-day blitz for the Regift the Fruitcake holiday charity campaign. Today is #CharityTuesday, which is a tag on Twitter to help nonprofit groups spread the word about their causes. This #CharityTuesday, the organizations participating .