Discovered today: when you’re looking at the maps results for a Google search, and click on one of the listings to expand it (here, I’m clicking on the result for J. Rollins Art of Framing):
what ACTUALLY expands is the listing above it:
Seems like the team there could use a slightly more rigorous set of sanity checks.
UPDATE:
Apparently Google is in the midst of a little experimentation. A search for “frame shop” returns the following:
See the link at the bottom….where it says “more frame shop”? That takes you to a DIFFERENT Maps page, where clicking on one of the results doesn’t expand the selection, but rather, takes you to the website directly.
Whereas a search for “gym” (same browser, same session) returns the familiar “map results for…” (upon clicking that, you get to the buggy expanding listings):
4 Comments
Andre · August 20, 2014 at 7:07 pm
I’ve had a similar experience recently. Super sad to see Google local failing on all fronts.
Here’s my experience.
http://andrepilat.us/2014/08/20/old-business-affiliations-die-hard/
laura · August 20, 2014 at 8:22 pm
Google Maps is drunk. Like, on a several month bender. Someone needs to stage an intervention.
Joy Hawkins · August 21, 2014 at 2:51 pm
I was trying to see if I could replicate this bug and couldn’t. Is it still happening to you?
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