Google Maps can now display an "offer available" label under a business profile listing's map pin in the maps interface. Businesses that add offers in their Google Business Profile may see the "offer ...

Update 5/16/16: The purple “Ad” label in Maps appears to now official. The Google support page has been updated with new screenshots and states, “If someone clicks the purple icon or your ad in the ...

Google Maps is so reliant on pins that it uses one for its app icon. These helpful virtual landmarks exist to direct you not only to your destination, but also towards shops, bars, restaurants, and ...

Marking important locations on a map is essential to anyone who regularly uses navigation apps. It makes it easier to determine travel distances between places so that you can allot enough time to ...

Google may be testing displaying sponsored labels in different positions within the local map finder view. Some of the ads have sponsored labels on the left side, where it lists the local listings.

Have you ever been lost, trying to figure out a way to find your friends? You're either driving or walking and can't seem to locate them. Maybe you're tailgating a sporting event and need to find the ...

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