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Week in review - December 5, 2015: VR Photos, Google+ Updates, Google My Business Tips

This week there are tips for small businesses, new options to view photo spheres and take VR photos, improvements in the new Google+, and easier ways to add images to your Blogger blog and bookmark Google image search results. Plus get tips and updates for AdSense publishers, YouTube creators, live broadcasters and more.

Image detail from stereograph of woman viewing a stereograph:   "The stereograph as an educator - Underwood patent extension cabinet in a home library." (1901)

Google+

Google My Business

  • Tip Tools and hacks to emulate Google Search Location since that setting was removed from Google Search (Local Search Forum)
  • Tip What determines the ranking of Local businesses in the search results? Relevance, distance, prominence and search history (Joy Hawkins)
  • Tip: Google Reviews - One URL To Rule Them All (Get Five Stars)
  • Tip Map Registrations in not affiliated with Google My Business (Tim Capper)
  • Tip Use Google Photos to help show your business or brand in the best light (Google Small Business) 

Google and your Photos

  • New! New in Google Photos! View and explore photo spheres on your desktop computer (Google Photos)
  • New! Take VR photos with the new Cardboard Camera app for Android (Google Blog)
  • Article 5 Things to know about the Nexus 5X and 6P camera (Nexus)
  • Tip Use Google Photos to help show your business or brand in the best light (Google Small Business)

YouTube and Video Creators

Live Broadcasting

Hangouts

Android and Nexus

AdSense, Blogger and Webmasters

Search and more


Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links

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