Comscore has released its July 2013 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share report. According to Comscore Apple Maps is now the 10th most popular mobile app in the U.S. and is reaching about 28% of all smartphone users. With Apple releasing its new iPhone(s?) later this month and OS Mavericks, its new desktop operating system which […]
Author Archives: Andrew Shotland
How To Add a Business to Apple Maps in Australia
The sources Apple Maps uses for business listings data vary by country. Today, I was trying to help Happy Endings Comedy Club in Sydney, Australia figure out why they were being shown at 88 Brougham St. when their address is 154 Brougham St. You can follow the discussion on the Apple Support Community here, but […]
Who Will Apple Maps Buy Next?
Apple’s acquisitions last week of Locationary and HopStop got me wondering which company was next on its hit list. I asked some smart people in Local Search for their predictions and here’s what they had to say, listed in order of who responded first: Matt Booth, CEO, Yellowbot: “Travel oriented sites like Trip Advisor. Anything […]
Why Businesses Need To Pay Attention To Apple Maps
@localseoguide so where's the piece on apple maps?? huh? wake up. do some work. become rich and famous. — Dave (@localoptimizer) July 11, 2013 Earlier this week, I did a webinar with Mike Blumenthal, Phil Rozek, Myles Anderson and Linda Buquet on the State of Local Search where I presented my latest findings about Apple […]
Individual Practitioners Do Not Get Their Own Listing on Apple Maps
I got an interesting bit of info on how Apple treats individual practitioners in Apple Maps during the Must Have Local Search Tactics panel I participated in at SMX West this week. Before I get to the practitioner stuff, here’s the presentation on my latest Apple Maps intel I gave. How to Add Your Business […]
Factual Appears To Be A Big Part of Apple Maps UK
image via DeviantArt.com A few weeks ago, reader JR Watts emailed stating that it was bollocks of me to think TomTom is the major business data supplier for Apple Maps in the UK. He suggested I run a few tests: Just go to the town of midhurst in apple maps and in tomtom places and […]
It’s Still A Google Maps World, but…
While this site is certainly bullish on Apple Maps, now that the Google Maps iOS app is out and has proven to be very popular, I often get asked whether Apple Maps is worth even bothering about. The short answer is “Yes”. The longer answer can be found here. That said, there’s no denying that […]
Google Maps for iOS: Should Businesses Delete The Apple Maps App?
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 […]
Don’t Bring Apple Maps On Your Vacation…
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 […]
Bing Business Prime Portal Place by Nokia?
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 […]