Understanding Google Places & Local Search – Developing Knowledge about Local Search

August 21, 2008

Local Links of Interest

Category: Google Places (Maps & Local) – Mike Blumenthal – 11:22 am

IYP Reach in the US (according to Google) - Amed Farooq, TechSoapbox.com

A quick, but informative, look at the relative importance of stand alone IYP domains using Google’s Ad Planner. 

TomTom’s Mobile Network Strategy - Mike Dobson, Telemapics.com

Last time we were speculating on how TomTom (and TeleAtlas) might deploy technology that would allow them to collect real-time routes. We described the potential advantages of capturing these types of data and indicated that this was the “end-game” of interest to both TomTom and Nokia.

Developing the infrastructure to collect these “path” data is a critical, limiting issue for the future of the industry. Today, we will describe possible strategies that would allow TomTom to accomplish this development. We will look at Nokia’s situation in a future blog.

Ten Things I Want On My Mobile Phone - Fred Wilson, avc.com

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