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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 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. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Offers Some Keys to Maps Yahoo unveiled the next iteration of Yahoo Maps, adding new interactivity and features. |
Search Engine Watch
March 10, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Enhances Local Search with Maps Yahoo's new Smart View technology pinpoints the location of restaurants, banks, merchants and other businesses and attractions on local maps of cities throughout the United States and Canada. |
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. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local. |
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... |
InternetNews
August 17, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo's Neighborhood Watch The company adds forums to local search so users can weigh in on community issues. |
PC Magazine
June 6, 2007
Davis D. Janowski |
Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 (gamma) The latest mobile version of Yahoo! gives users the easiest mobile access yet to their Yahoo! content. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Local Officially Launches After just two months in testing, Yahoo has pushed its local search out of beta and is giving the service prominent exposure on the Yahoo home page. |
Search Engine Watch
April 18, 2005
Gary Price |
A Roundup of Local Mobile Search Tools Google's new local search for mobile devices is garnering a lot of press, but there are a lot of other alternatives that are worth a look. |
PC Magazine
March 15, 2007
Jamie Lendino |
Google Maps for Mobile Like Opera Mini 3.0, Google Maps for Mobile is another no-brainer download; try it and risk becoming addicted. |
Search Engine Watch
April 12, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts Local Mobile Google has added a new service that enables cell phone users in the U.S. to use a remarkably robust version of Google Local directly from a mobile handset. |
Search Engine Watch
January 3, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Offers Real-Time Traffic Reports Largely overlooked during the holiday craziness last month, Yahoo introduced real-time traffic information for 70 major U.S. cities. |
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. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
AOL Local AOL Local gives you the info you need to reach your destination, but not much more. |
Search Engine Watch
November 7, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Launches Local for Mobile Google's new Local for mobile service is a stripped-down version of the web-based Google Local that puts a heavy emphasis on maps and driving directions. |
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
February 27, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Ask Loses Jeeves, Gains New Features The butler has gone into retirement, and Ask.com now sports a crisp new look with a number of impressive new features -- including icon-directed access to more than 20 search tools. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google APIs And Their Map Apps The use of Google Maps APIs is growing. Just how important can they be and what's in it for Google? |
Search Engine Watch
February 10, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Visualizing Paris, Barcelona and other Cities While local search in the U.S. has focused on providing basic business information, Wanadoo Maps has added a new twist to online yellow pages in Europe: photos of thousands of buildings in France and Spain. |
Search Engine Watch
June 23, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Visualizing Yahoo Search Results Grokker, a visual search tool that clusters related search results together in conceptually related categories, is now available in an online version, free of charge. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Yahoo!'s Map to Success Yahoo! launches a new mapping service to make money from local searches. |
Search Engine Watch
May 31, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Navigating London London offers wonderful opportunities for rambling exploration--but it's also easy to lose your bearings if you're not careful. Fortunately, the web offers some terrific search tools and maps to help you find your way. |
Search Engine Watch
December 6, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Two Alternative Local Search Services Local search from the major players is steadily improving, but meanwhile, two smaller players -- Metrobot and TrueLocal -- are making impressive advances in providing search results from your own neighborhood. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
MapQuest Makes It Harder to Get Lost For $3.99 a month, the new feature allows MapQuest Mobile subscribers to send color maps and driving directions from MapQuest.com directly to their cell phones. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
August 3, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with New Local Search Yahoo has rolled out a feature-laden beta version of its local search service, sharply upping the ante in the rapidly evolving local search sweepstakes. |
InternetNews
March 1, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Opens Up to Developers Release of APIs allows developers to build applications that take advantage of Yahoo's technology and services. Yahoo is also rebranding Overture and launching a new Advertising Solutions Center. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Meets Maps, APIs Google will publish the XML schema it uses to describe locations and Yahoo will publish its own Maps API, built on the open standard for Geo RSS. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Street Smarts at Yahoo! Yahoo! offers up some interesting new mobile features as phones get smarter. It remains to be seen how the battle pans out, but with so many people focusing on Yahoo!'s weaknesses, investors should pay close attention to the company's aggressive moves into this high-growth arena. |
InsideFlyer
July 2011 |
Aeroplan Partner Locator Aeroplan.com has introduced a Partner Locator map feature. |
Searcher
June 2002
Irene E. McDermott |
Where was I? Maps on the Web There is a tremendous amount of spatial data on the World Wide Web: multitudes of maps; armfuls of atlases; cartloads of cartography. Enough to keep a map nerd like myself clicking and dreaming for years. Maps on the Web are designed for many uses, and many of them are free... |
InternetNews
March 7, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Yahoo Opens The API Floodgates Yahoo is opening up application programming interfaces for its Photo, MyWeb 2.0 and Calendar applications and taking the wraps off a revised Shopping API. |
InternetNews
April 29, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Yahoo YQL Update Reaches for Developers With the new YQL Execute version, Yahoo is extending its technology to enable developers to execute code as well. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Opens Shopping Database to Devs Yahoo releases a new set of APIs that lets developers tap into and search their product database. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Google: Desperately Seeking Shoppers? A coupon initiative from the search giant raises some interesting questions. Maybe old-school coupon clipping speaks to Google's desperation to get on the map when it comes to popularizing -- and monetizing -- some of its secondary products. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
MSN Kicks Out API Jams Outside developers and Web publishers can connect to MSN Search, Messenger and Virtual Earth via application programming interfaces (APIs). They are expecting to release Atlas, a toolset to help developers build Web sites incorporating asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX). |
PC World
May 2006
Tracey Capen |
Never Ask for Directions Again We tested free mapping sites and in-car GPS gadgets to pinpoint the ones that won't steer you wrong. TomTom Go 300 GPS portable car navigator... Garmin StreetPIlot c330 automotive GPS navigation system... Lowrance iWay 350c... Magellan RoadMate 360... etc. |
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
February 11, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo Rejiggers BOSS Revenue Model Yahoo tweaks program to lease out search-engine technology, rolls out new semantic features. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2006 |
Facelift For Yahoo's Home Page Yahoo is quietly launching a redesigned front page that makes its search features more prominent and puts all its various services front and center for users. |
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. |
Information Today
May 20, 2010 |
ProQuest's New Sanborn Maps Geo Edition ProQuest is using a proprietary geo-referencing technology to enhance discovery in its Sanborn Map collection, one of libraries' most consulted sources of historical maps. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Mashing Up Yahoo! Mail It's not too surprising when Internet companies release the code to certain products to independent developers in order to foster greater innovation with their products. However, Yahoo! may surprise a lot of people by revealing the code of one of its most popular products, Yahoo! Mail. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
At CES, Yahoo Digs in With Inbox 2.0 In his keynote address, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang outlines a vision for a smarter, more open webmail product. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Fly-By History Google delivers blasts from the past. |
InternetNews
March 1, 2005
Tim Gray |
Past is Prologue For Chief Yahoo Yahoo kicks off its 10th anniversary by opening up its platform to more developers, improving personalized search, and offering more opportunities to marketers. |
