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UK: Thomson Directories Now Powering Local Search Results On Tiscali UK
A quick note from the UK search scene. Netimperative reports that Thomson Local listings are now being used for local searches on…
Accessing Flight Info on the Web
Since we first blogged about Google offering direct links to online travel databases (Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz) a few days ago if city pairs…
Locating Haunted Houses with MSN Virtual Earth
Just in time for time for Halloween, members of the the Virtual Earth team (aka the Poly9 boys) have used a bunch…
Driving Directions using MSN Virtual Earth
I just noticed a new addition of a new service to the Via VirtualEarth gallery that provides access to driving directions using…
China Says No To Wikipedia, Dislikes Taiwan Change On Google Maps & Chinese Activist Takes Yahoo’s Yang To Task For Helping Maintain “Evil System”
Wikipedia is apparently no longer accessible to those in Shanghai and other parts of China, reports say, while Boing Boing reports a…
Local Search and Online Reservation Services: A Winning Combination?
Netimperative has an article about a new service from the popular UK directory 192.com (they also offer aerial photos) that now offers…
A New Service Named HomePages Combines Real Estate Listings, Local Data, and Aerial Imagery
Danny’s post from earlier today about Google possibly offering real estate listings that incorporate Google Maps in addition to his mentions of…
Google Looking To Do Real Estate Listings On Google Maps?
Good Morning Silicon Valley points to Google Earth digs deeper at the San Jose Mercury News which covers Google talking with CoStar,…
Travel Databases for Europe: Lots of Trains and Some Planes
A few friends who are considering doing some serious train travel throughout Europe (many countries, several stops, whole thing) and they asked…
Mashing Up Google Maps with Wikipedia Articles
Google Maps, now integrated with Google Local, offers a lot of information about local merchants, but these detailed results typically don’t include…