Google Places Is Over, Company Makes Google+ The Center Of Gravity For Local Search | GooglePlus Expertise | Scoop.it
From searchengineland.com - May 31, 2012 12:10 AM
When Google+ and Google+ Pages for business were introduced a little less than a year ago many people in the local search arena began anticipating the day when Google would merge or integrate Google Places and Google+ Pages.

Via Mark Mayhew