Threadwatch screen captured Google testing out placing a link to Google maps results directly below the search result’s description and above the url of that result. It is a limited test, and I am not able to reproduce it, but Matt Cutts of Google has confirmed this as a real test. As long as it is useful to the query and the searcher, I am happy with it also.
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