Inside AdWords: Reach local customers searching on Google Maps

Inside AdWords: Reach local customers searching on Google Maps: Whether they are searching for a rental car near their office or a bakery close to a relative’s house, people expect fast, relevant and useful results from Google Maps. Great local commercial listings have always added useful information to Google Maps and helped businesses connect with consumers.

Ads in the new Google Maps
This past Wednesday at I/O, Google’s annual platform developers event, we provided a glimpse of the future of Google Maps. The new Google Maps instantly draws immersive, uniquely tailored maps for each person that adapt with every click and search to highlight the things that matter most.

We’re testing new ways to show ads in the new Google Maps:

• Search ads with location extensions can appear directly on the map and just below the search box
• Search ads without location extensions can appear just below the search box More from source