Launches Google Business Photos

Last year Google teased Place Page owners with a possible Google Store View allowing customers to virtually walk into businesses while using the Google Street View function of Google Maps. The testing was short lived and we were left thinking it was discontinued.

Well Google seems to have had a change of heart. They've officially launched this feature and it's being called Google Business Photos. Currently it's only available in certain cities in the US, Australia and Japan. The US areas include: Orange County, CA; the San Francisco Bay Area, St. Petersburg, FL; San Antonio, TX; and Phoenix, AZ.

When businesses apply to have the photos taken, Google sends a free photographer to their business to take the needed pictures. Currently Google is only hitting the most popular search for places - like restaurants, hotels, retail shops and other storefront businesses.

If you're interested in getting in on this feature, then watch the video below on Google Business Photos to get the whole story:

Then you go ahead and sign up here.