Comments on: Hitwise Data: Mapquest Giveth & Google Maps Taketh

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Hitwise Maps Market Share | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:54:14 +0000

[...] Compared to January 2008, Mapquest’s market share has declined 6% to 44.3% while Google Maps market share has increased from 22% to 32%. Yahoo has continued to see moderate share losses over the same period. If the long term trends continue Google could surpass Mapquest market share within the next 6 months. Mapsquest’s upgrade has come none too soon. It will be interesting to see if the new product will provide a defense against Google’s persistent market share gains. [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Hitwise confirms Google Maps Market Share Gain from Local 10-Pack Intro | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:10:09 +0000

[...] have noted in the past that Google very much controls their own destiny when it come to traffic to their Maps [...]

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SEO Igloo Blog » Mike Blumenthal - Local SEO Interview 1 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:55:44 +0000

[...] ability to gain market share is very much a function of their general search market share ( see Hitwise Data: Mapquest Giveth & Google Maps Taketh) and they are obviously intent on expanding Map’s market share. Google’s behaviors in [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps experimenting with Local OneBox | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:49:13 +0000

[...] new result also adds 14 additional links into Maps. I had wondered recently, how much more traffic Google could send to Maps by adjusting links, obviously a lot more if they [...]

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Weather Channel Interactive Introduces New Weather Mapplet for Google Maps | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:58:00 +0000

[...] Google strives for market share gains they have used a number of techniques to increase maps usage. They have extracted significant gains by keeping folks on their main search [...]