Google Maps: From "OneBox" To Ten Local Links

... showing. Last week Paul Jahn at Search Engine Guide discovered that as many as 10 local listings were showing up on Google search results beside a map. Mike Blumenthal has also been following this development closely for the past several days. Google now appears to be serious about showing as many as ...

Jan. 23, 2008 at 8:53am Eastern by Greg Sterling

The Inmates Are Running The Search Engine Asylum

... ; is easier to understand because it is almost self-explanatory. People with either technical or non-technical skills alike understand the concept: map of a website. I understand that many non-techies do not know what a URL is. I have to deal with this situation all of the time. To reinforce its meaning ...

Jul. 24, 2008 at 2:35pm Eastern by Shari Thurow

Google Maps Gaining On Market Leader Mapquest

... pressure from Google. Hitwise reports that "traffic to Mapquest has remained flat year on year and is down 20% in the past 6 months. Google Maps traffic is up 135% year on year and is up 7% in the past 6 months." According to Hitwise, after Mapquest, Google is the number two mapping site, ...
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Jan. 10, 2008 at 8:03am Eastern by Greg Sterling

"Google Earth Town" Nanaimo Wires Self To Google Maps To Drive Tourism

... ;Google Earth Town" or "the capital of Google Earth." Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town's data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter calls on Google Maps to a wide array of Google Earth KLMs available at http://earth.nanaimo.ca/, there ...

Mar. 12, 2008 at 9:30am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Adds Distance Measurement to My Maps

The Google Lat Long Blog reports that users drawing trail or hiking maps with its My Maps line tool will now get automatic distance measurements between points when they create personalized maps. This is a small but useful enhancement, one of many recent incremental improvements that Google has added ...

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:52am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Google Adds Traffic Data To Google Maps UK

Google Blogoscoped reports Google has added traffic data to Google Maps UK. The traffic results can be seen if you search for london and click on the "Traffic" button at the top right. This include both live traffic and traffic predictions. Traffic data is not available everyone, such as ...

Sep. 26, 2008 at 8:31am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Maps Adds "Community Maps" To Default Map Searches

The Google LatLong Blog announced that Google Maps is now displaying "community map" results by default for your map queries. These are maps and map points made through the Google My Maps feature. For example, a search on dog parks in Berkeley returns several community results with blue pointers ...

Oct. 11, 2007 at 8:38am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Maps Transit Information For New York Metro Area

The Google Blog announced the availability of extremely comprehensive transit information throughout the New York metro area. Google Maps now plots transit information for subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry services from the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA), the Port Authority of New York and New ...

Sep. 23, 2008 at 11:02am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Malibu Corral Fire Maps: Burn Area, Evacuation Centers, & More

Fires are burning again in Southern California, and the map makers are hard at work helping people know what's happening where. Below, maps relating to the Corral Fire in Malibu: Los Angeles Times: Shows evacuation zones, fire location, and more. Los Angeles Daily News: Highlights the entire evacuation ...

Nov. 25, 2007 at 7:44am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Microsoft Launches New Live Search Maps India & New Virtual Earth Imagery

Microsoft has announced they released a new Live Search Maps India plus new imagery to Virtual Earth. Live Search Maps India now has street maps for 9 important Indian cities including: DelhiMumbaiChennaiKolkataBengaluruHyderabadPuneAhmedabadJaipur Plus they added a "Location Search" feature ...

Sep. 18, 2008 at 9:07am Eastern by Barry Schwartz