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From California, Google has spread out across the great land of the UnitedStates. New York! Washington! Arizona! And now which of thefifty nifty United States isGoogle heading to next? Oklahoma! Below, some news of Google’s plans for theSooner State and well as a recap of what other states it has conquered overtime, as it builds the United States Of Google. Google is eyeing Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Since the industrial park has its ownpower plant, the smart money is that Google will be placing another of itsenergy-guzzling data centers there (shouldn’tthey all go out in the desert now, with miles of solar collectors to powerthem?). From Computerworld: All Google will say about the Oklahoma site isthat the company is evaluating it. "We’re just sitting here in a corner of a state —out of sight, out of mind," says Sanders Mitchell, administrator of theMidAmerica complex. He says that with a bit of a chuckle, because his 7,000-acreindustrial park may be the largest … [Read more...] about Oklahoma, Where The Google Comes Sweepin’ Down The Plain

Don’t you just love those map graphics that show what people call “soda” in every state? Or what the favorite local beer is? I do! That’s why I decided to create one for search. Behold: The top trending searches in every U.S. state from the past 12 months: Top Trending Searches: Methodology To determine the top trending searches, I used Google Trends data from the last 12 months (February 2014 to February 2015). In Google Trends, you can drill down to the state level and see both overall trends as well as rising trends (indicating a recent spike in search volume). For this graphic, I used the rising trends data. I also threw out the most common rising search terms that were common across all 50 states in the past 12 months. These included: ebola robin williams world cup iphone 6 iggy azalea fb google drive amazon prime ariana grande For each state, I looked for the first unique trending search (a trending query that wasn’t part of a nationwide trend). … [Read more...] about Search Trends in All 50 States

No wonder Google kept turning on the Google Assistant call feature in your Google My Business account - Google just announced that they are rolling out the ability for the Google Assistant to book tables at restaurants in 43 US States.It starts with Pixel phones but Google said "Over the next few weeks, we’ll start slowly bringing this feature to more Android and iOS devices." So you might be getting calls from robots without knowing it in the coming weeks.Here is the list of US States supported: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Forum discussion at Twitter and Google My Business Help. … [Read more...] about Google Assistant Can Book A Restaurant Reservation In Most US States

“Who is Osama Bin Laden?” Does anyone really need to ask? Apparently so, according to Yahoo — teenagers. Two thirds of those searching for an answer to that question were teenagers, the company says, along with some other related search statistics. Teens & Osama Bin Laden’s Death Yahoo’s released a mishmash of stats about Osama bin Laden-related searches, with the suggestion that younger people are more interested in the topic. From Yahoo’s press release: News of Osama bin Laden’s death seemed to have struck a chord with younger folks who grew up during the war on terrorism. I didn’t feel the stats were comprehensive enough to draw hard conclusions, however. Nearly 20% of searches for “osama bin laden” are by teenagers, Yahoo reported. OK, but are 20% of Yahoo’s searchers also teenagers? If so, that stat is in proportion to what you’d expect and not particularly noteworthy. Still, one statistic especially stood … [Read more...] about “Who Is Osama Bin Laden?”

Think of this post as a SearchBiz for Local, Maps & Mobile today; there was enough news to do a bit of a roundup. First up is Google’s announcement that it has dramatically expanded (“doubled”) the coverage available via StreetView, including many new states such as Maine, West Virginia, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Google LatLong Blog in a post entitled, “Street View: The year in review and what’s new,” shows before and after images of the coverage area (re the “double coverage” roll out): On a less triumphant note, Google is closing its Local Business Referral Representative program. Our own Matt McGee has the scoop on his blog Small Business SEM: This is the program which offered individuals cash in exchange for visiting local businesses, getting their contact details and other business data, taking photos, and then submitting them to Google for inclusion into Google Maps. These “foot soldiers” were also … [Read more...] about Google Shuts Down LBRR, G-Maps’ Double Coverage, Yelp Updates iPhone App & Yellow Pages