Posts Tagged "google maps"

Google’s My Location gets even more precise

After Google’s recent launch of the Mobile Search with My Location, you’ll never be late to your job interview or dinner with your hot date at that new sushi place.
Thanks to the Geolocator API web application your phone will be able to:
* Obtain the user’s current position, using the getCurrentPosition method
* Watch the user’s position [...]

Google Health, Google Walking Directions; privacy issues in the air?

As we know, a couple weeks back, Google released ‘walking directions’ as part of their Google Maps feature options.
If you’re keen to taking random strolls down some unknown street, perhaps some new ‘pedestrian friendly’ town you happen to be visiting for the weekend, or want to enjoy the beautifully HOT weather that has come to [...]

Locals contribute to Google Map Maker

Don’t allow your city, state or island to just be a blob on the map! Its a good thing Google Map Maker added a new feature recently which lets you contribute or edit map information freely, however, its only currently available in certain cities.
The Google Team has realized, maybe due to continuous claims, that some [...]

Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Sky…Google Ocean- on its way

Google does not cease to amaze us. It hasn’t been announced yet but rumors say Google is building up a platform that will map the Earth’s boundless ocean floors.
According to a report from News.com, the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif. hosted a group of selected research experts from various institutions to discuss the elaboration [...]

Google introduces Video Sitemaps, useful for SEO

When will Yahoo! give in and introduce equal sitemap format?

 
Google introduced the use of sitemaps [...]

New useful feature for your business: Embed Google Maps

Google Maps hasintroduced the possibility to embed the Map function on your website. Needless to say (we hope)that this can be a very useful feature for your website if you own a (small) company with a physical selling point.

Up to now it was possible but rather hard to put Google Maps on your pages. With [...]

Street View cars: Google tangles with privacy in quest for user relevance, again

Google is expanding its image of the world: last week Gizmodo reported that Google now has its own espionage car fleet. For us at 77, a better developed image of the real world can lead to more and better marketing possibilities, provided that it is being [...]

Google introduces user-generated Mapplets to MyMaps, enhances marketing vehicle of future

Google is betting heavily on its My Maps function, it seems. They introduce some new feature almost every month and rightly so. At 77 we think maps are the advertisement outlets of the future, because of the arrival of the mobile Internet. We think one of [...]

Google Maps adds cool destination tools

Google Maps has added a tool in their Maps feature that allows you to drag your route to wherever you want to go. If you decide there’s a wonderful sight to visit a little outside your planned route, you can now simply drag the blue line [...]

Google Coupons: good marketing but little used

Doug Caverly at WebProNews points us to the fact that Google Coupons is a service not often used by advertisers. He, in turn, was triggered by an article by Jennifer Laycock at Search Engine Guide. And, admittedly, it is a service not very well known in [...]