SNL’s TechTalk on the Iphone5. Pretty funny. And yes, that Dunkin Donuts episode was a bummer…
Author Archives: Andrew Shotland
Another 1% Of Apple Maps Users Jump Off The Empire State Building
Mike Blumenthal just pinged me about a survey about consumer interest in the iPhone5 AppleInsider published today. According to the survey: “Despite the media attention surrounding both the Apple Maps issue and the Apple Lightning port issue, neither has had an impact on the massive numbers of buyers queuing up to buy the iPhone 5,” said Dr. […]
Unofficial Apple Maps Frequently Asked Questions by Businesses
Chris Skitch has put together a nice little Apple Maps FAQ for businesses. I thought it would be helpful to repeat it (and update it a little – in italics) here: Q: How do I add, edit or update my business listing in Apple Maps? A: No official answer currently exists. Best guesses: – Use […]
91% of Apple Maps Users Are Not Going To Jump Off The Empire State Building
Mike Blumenthal surveyed iOS6 consumers about their satisfaction with Apple Maps and the iPhone. “It would appear from these results that most users have little or no opinion about the change and that the level of dissatisfaction is very low. Despite the many, many negative reports in the press, it would seem that most users […]
Apple Maps Adding Missing Locations Quickly
One of my first experiences with Apple Maps was mapping a route to an address in the next town over that was not yet in Apple Maps’ database – 4465 1st St. in Livermore, CA. I reported the problem and about within a week or two, the location was added and live. Seems like fixing […]
How Long Does It Take For A Yelp Review To Appear in Apple Maps?
The answer is: pretty darn fast. I posted a new review for Lokanta, a new Turkish restaurant in Pleasanton, on Yelp at 9:29am PT today. The next time I checked it at 1:14pm, it was displayed on Lokanta’s Reviews screen on Apple Maps. Not too shabby.
Reputation Management for Apple Maps
Outside of your business not even existing on Apple Maps (see How To Add a Business To Apple Maps), probably the worst thing that could happen at the moment is that your business is listed but it presents a negative image. This week at SMX East, I gave a talk on How To Optimize Your […]
How To Optimize Your Business on Apple Maps
Here’s my presentation from the SMXEast panel on “SIRI: Google Killer?”
How To Add Your Business Listing To Apple Maps
Source: OMGDroid Want to know how to get your business listed on Apple Maps? Too bad. You can’t. Not directly, anyhow. UPDATE 10/22/14: Apple launched Apple Maps Connect to allow businesses to add and update their listings on Apple Maps! Check out my Apple Maps Connect FAQ. But there are some rudimentary tools available for […]
Apple Maps Suck, But You Know What Doesn’t Suck?
1,000,000,000 iOS devices in use by 2015. Source: Asymco.com So even though Apple Maps is getting a huge amount of crap dumped on it right now (even my father is under the impression that they suck), that doesn’t mean that millions of people won’t be using them to find things, including local businesses. That’s where this […]