Google Maps reviews now support hashtags because they are cool and cool. Google Maps reviews now support hashtags because they are cool and cool.

Despite all his efforts, Google Maps is not as easy to use as Yelp for the restaurant hunt. But the Mountain View technology giant is not going to give up anytime soon: it has quietly added support for the ultimate social media tool – the hashtag – to allow users to more easily find notices identifying #datenight points or # wheelchair accessible places, for example.

Google has confirmed the addition of features to TechCrunch, stating that it happened a little over a week ago on Android and that it has so far been announced only to members of the program local guides from Google Maps. The navigation platform suggests users add up to five hashtags at the end of the review and also notes that they can go back and add hashtags to older critics.

This is only useful if users add very specific hashtags – #loveus or #togetheragain or a myriad of other idiotic phrases will have no practical use, although it has never stopped anyone before. You can try to immediately search by hashtag, although there are few entries, if any, for some of the most basic terms I've tried in the Bay Area, like ########################################################################### vegetarian or #dogfriendly. The content libraries contained in these tags will likely become more useful over time. Google has not yet confirmed when this feature will be available on the web.

The addition of social elements such as hashtags, tracking and direct messaging on Google Maps makes good sense for Google: it allows to mobilize users easily monetized. As for the users, well, we get an application easier to navigate (in exchange for some of our data, but that's another story).