Matthew Galway

Happy Birthday To Me From Google

by Matthew Galway on August 10, 2011

in Social Media Marketing

I got a happy little surprise today when I signed into my Google Account to do some pre-August finance calculations. Google had actually changed their logo just for me! While this may seem like nothing more than a simple gesture from the search engine juggernaut, to me it’s a testament to the power of their [...]

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Google Places Reviews – How to Alienate Your Potential Customers

by Matthew Galway on January 21, 2011

in Local Search

One of the key components of Google Places is the ability to add reviews to business listings. It allows people who have had dealings with the business in the past to add their two cents worth, negative or positive, in order to show new customers what kind of company they will be dealing with. Naturally, this [...]

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Google Maps Mobile – Local Map Now Local App

by Matthew Galway on December 24, 2010

in Local Search

You don’t need to be working in the online industry to realise that recently Google has been going gangbusters on the little local arm of their corporate empire. Between the merger of the organic search results & Google Places to the planned acquisition of American daily deals giant Groupon for a whopping US$5.3 billion, Google [...]

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