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Find ‘Nearby Stores’ With Become
There’s lots of data from many sources that reflects the dominant consumer shopping paradigm involving the Internet: research online, buy locally. Even…
Travelers Aid for Air Warriors
I spend a ton of time flying around the world, and I’ve learned a number of tricks and techniques to make air…
Trulia Distributing Its Maps To Local Realtors
As described on the Trulia Blog and The Future of Real Estate Marketing Blog, vertical real estate search site Trulia is making…
French Court Preventing Greenpeace France From Displaying Crop Data On Google Maps
BoingBoing spotted an interesting case where a French court ordered Greenpeace France to remove a site using the Google Maps tool to…
Real-Time Traffic From Google Maps Mobile
Google Maps has rolled out a new mobile version offering real-time traffic information in 30 US cities. The service also offers directions…
SuperPages Buys Inceptor
As reported in ClickZ today, SuperPages, which is itself up for sale, has acquired SEM firm Inceptor for an undisclosed amount. Verizon…
Windows Live Local Worth Another Look
Windows Live Local debuted with a splash with most attention focused on its spectacular “birds eye” aerial imagery. Since then, Microsoft has…
ShopLocal Taps Topix for Geotargeted Ads
This isn’t search, but it is local. ShopLocal has partnered with news aggregator Topix.net to offer dynamic banner ads that are targeted…
SuperPages Upgrades Maps With Microsoft
I never saw a press release. But today I discovered that SuperPages, which had dynamic mapping almost before anyone else in local…
Google Maps Adds Click To Zoom
Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal points out that Google Maps has added another way to zoom: double clicking. Of course you…