Jennifer Laycock

Jennifer Laycock

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One of the things I always liked about Google's search results was that entering a business name and city usually resulted in quick and easy access to both a phone number and a map to the business's location. Now it appears that Google has decided to go a step further. I noticed today that Google is showing the mini-map right alongside the basic business information right there in the Onebox area of the search results.

You can see an example of this at work below...

While it's nice to see this new feature added, it's sort of annoying to be used to being able to click on that little red dot to prompt a pop-up box for directions. With the Onebox map, you have to click on the image to get forwarded to the page where you can THEN click on the red dot to prompt the pop-up box.






About the Author

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.