The global search engine giant Google has decided to rename its local Business Center". The Mountain View search engine titan has announced the fact in its California division.

The "Local Business Center" is a place where shops, bars, restaurants etc. used to create online profiles. This basically targets the local business markets. The name of this "Local Business Center" has been changed to "Google Places".

The global leader of search engine is now facing the heat of the local players. The growing brands are in contention with the Google Inc. to establish them in the local market.

However, Google has informed that the change is a minor afire and only the name has been changed. All other services will be continued form the "Local Business Centre" under the name of "Google Places". Initially everything will be the same but the company has planned to come up with certain new features for its customers.

According to the company, the local merchants who have claimed the "place page" on Google maps will be provided with few other features. This online webpage is basically targets the small and medium-sized businesses to use Google more often.