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The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Clicks for Clicks Google Maps can be a bit of a shutterbug these days. Google's drive to enhance its user experience isn't entirely selfless. Yes, the sites are free, but every search engine is fighting to be your source for local information.   |
InternetNews
March 3, 2005
Tim Gray |
Google Maps Local Search Game Google Maps enables users in the United States and Canada to find location information, navigate maps and get directions to neighborhood businesses. |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Mapping Goes Local New local search services combine the search functionality of yellow-page sites, the cartographic abilities of the best mapping services, and a healthy dose of business and restaurant reviews provided by the locals themselves. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Tim Gray |
MSN Feels 'Virtual Earth' Move Microsoft's new satellite mapping site had the highest week-over-week unique audience growth on the Internet. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Google Maps' New Direction Investors may wonder how Google will make money from maps. Two words: local advertising. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
More KML And Bits of Google Earth Google took another step toward its goal to create a "Mirror World" with some improvements to its Google Earth satellite mapping application. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
A9.com Maps (beta) A9.com Maps, still in beta, gives users an innovative, street-level view of the sites they're looking for. |
Search Engine Watch
June 28, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Earth Flies Free Google has released its long-anticipated geographic search tool, Google Earth, a new application that combines local search with satellite images and maps from around the globe. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
The Earth, Updated Google has marked the one-year anniversary of its Google Earth satellite mapping software by delivering a new beta version 4.0. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2005
Tim Gray |
Microsoft Debuts Street-Level Search Much like Google Earth, the MSN tool provides detailed street-level maps and point-of-interest information. The MSN product is currently limited to the United States. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2005
Tim Gray |
Amazon, A9 Give Virutal Search Tour The companies' A9.com guide offers users a view of the businesses they're searching for. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Amazon's Holiday Pi The Internet giant offers A9.com-related discounts to its customers once again. Is there real potential for A9.com to skirmish with Yahoo! and Microsoft? |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Warning Children About Online Dangers We don't need a scare campaign, but we do need to educate kids about the basic rules of Internet safety.... The race to provide the best Internet mapping service... |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Sinks A9 Amazon.com strips its search engine of local color and personality. |
InternetNews
December 18, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Buys Better European Maps Google bought European Internet mapping company Endoxon today, characterizing the move as part of its effort to improve Google Maps and Google Earth in European markets. |
Information Today
Barbara Quint |
Amazon Introduces New Web Search Engine Amazon.com's technical research subsidiary, A9, has released a new search engine that combines Google searching of the Web with searches of Amazon's own full-text collection of books and site information from Amazon's Alexa service. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Mapping Google's Latest Direction Search engine now also helps you see where you're going with a new map service. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Google's Suggestive New Service Google Suggest may come as no shock, but it's useful and accurate. |
Search Engine Watch
July 25, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Microsoft Launches MSN Virtual Earth Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
Evan Ratliff |
Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World Volunteer cartographers are helping Google detail their satellite images around the world. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Yahoo! Local Maps (beta) This service forgoes a lot of the glitzy features in favor of a clean straightforward interface and good routing features. It provides a quick means of locating local places and things from within an intuitive interface -- and it's still only a beta. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Google's Search for Stickiness The search for stickiness -- and therefore more and more real estate to draw eyeballs and advertisers -- continues unabated. The search giant will start offering real-time stock quotes through its site. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Google Goes Local The search giant introduces a local search service, setting up a battle with Yahoo! and Verizon for users and advertisers. |
InternetNews
December 12, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft Snatches Up Multimap Microsoft today purchased online navigation company Multimap, making it the latest in a string of acquisitions to broaden and improve its search, advertising and, now, mapping businesses. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Adds Answers, Augments Maps The search leader introduces new functions as features war with Yahoo and MSN rages on. |
InternetNews
May 29, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Zooms in on Earth, Maps at Where 2.0 Google pushes the latest Earth and Maps features. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2008 |
Google Pulls Map Images at Pentagon's Request Security concerns are now mixed with privacy issues over Google's street-level view. |
InternetNews
June 26, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Earth Does Good For Real One Google today announced Google Earth Outreach, a program to help the world's nonprofit organizations get a foothold in the virtual world so they can better communicate to Google Earth's 200 million users how to help the real one. |
Search Engine Watch
April 5, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts Satellite Images Google has added high-resolution satellite images to its Maps and Local search services, offering a birdseye view of millions of locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2004
Pamela Parker |
Amazon Adds Search to E-Commerce The industry's newest search player mixes customer information from its online store into the search results and begins to explore the boundaries of personalization. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
John Hanke, GM, Google Earth Google wants Google Earth to organize all the world's geo-spatial information through user-annotation. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
A9 Goes to "The O.C." The television show's influence shouldn't be underestimated. Despite its tongue twisting, Amazon's A9.com may get into the common vernacular yet. And in these search wars, that kind of pop culture credibility is not to be underestimated. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Windows Live Local Offers a New View MSN will officially open MSN Virtual Earth to the public on Thursday, incorporating it into its Windows Live offering as Windows Live Local. The new version offers photography at a 45-degree-angle view. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Free 3-D For Google Earth You can build your dream home for free. Render a 3-D version of it and place it on Google Earth using Google SketchUp. |
PC Magazine
August 1, 2007
Lance Ulanoff |
Google Is Watching You Google is taking 360-degree images of major cities across the U.S. and tying them together with its Google Maps service. In some of the photos, you can make out faces, license plates, and more. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Google Gets Pocket-Sized The search giant offers maps and local search on cell phones. So far, there's no advertising on Google Local for mobile phones. It seems it's only a matter of time before that comes to pass. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Google: New Perspectives in Mapping Google built a mapping empire through key acquisitions. Its latest purchase of @Last Software opens up many more possibilities. Investors, take note. |
Search Engine Watch
September 6, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Hacking Google Earth Google Earth's vivid satellite imagery has a serious wow factor, but the program also offers a lot of useful tools and data sharing features that make it a terrific research and learning resource. |
PC World
July 24, 2005
Dennis O'Reilly |
The World on Your Desktop Google Earth, MSN Virtual Earth combine satellite images with local search information. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Windows Live Local (beta) See a bird's-eye view and roam near and far with this free but potent mapping application. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Last Train to Askville Amazon's latest Web 2.0 strategy hopes you can come up with the right answer. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Fly-By History Google delivers blasts from the past. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Maps Its Future Enterprising developers have been creating Google Maps mashups on their websites for a couple of years now. Even Google has turned to mashups of its own roadmap site. My Maps simply brings that functionality to the masses with intuitive tools. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2006
Gary Price |
Terrific Real Estate Search Tools The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world. |
InternetNews
June 28, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google to Earth Google Earth is a new mapping product that lets users do virtual flyovers, then find local businesses. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Google: Green Giant? The search giant's new mashup offers eco-friendly tourism advice. That's nice, but is Google a solid investment at its current stock price? |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google My Maps is Your Maps Google's My Maps allows users to mark locations on a map from a library of icons, draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas, and add text, photos, or YouTube/Google videos. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Earth-to-Virtual Earth A future Microsoft MSN service called Virtual Earth is designed to be a deeply immersive local search experience. |
