Monthly Archives: December 2012

With the launch last night of the Google Maps app for iOS, I am starting to get a bit of email asking if Apple Maps should now be less of a priority for businesses.  While I have no doubt that the Google Maps app will put an immediate dent in Apple Maps usage, and while […]

And I’m not talking about your trip to Mildura, Australia. Got an inquiry from a business in Tortola on the British Virgin Islands who wanted help in getting listed on Apple Maps.  So I did a search or two to see what was showing up and guess what… There are no business listings on Apple […]

Or something like that… Greg Sterling has discovered some confusion as to how a business is supposed to add or manage a listing on Bing Maps/Bing Business Portal now that Bing is in bed with Nokia’s Here Maps – Nokia Prime Place service: There’s no mention of the Bing Business Portal. Microsoft appears to be […]

There have been some questions on the Apple support forum about how long it takes for a business listing update to make it to Apple Maps. While I don’t have any definitive information, here’s my speculation on how the process works when you “Report a Problem” with a business listing. If you have any insight […]

About once per month, according to my sources… That means if you submit an update to a location via Report a Problem, even if it’s immediately accepted, which is unlikely, it could take thirty days to see the change show up on the map.