Mike Blumenthal

Weather Channel Interactive Introduces New Weather Mapplet for Google – by The Weather Channel, GISUser.com “The Weather Channel Interactive Introduces New Weather Mapplet for Google Maps. The Weather mapplet on Google Maps will be a part of the Featured Content section in the My Maps utility. The mapplet can be found by visiting maps.google.com. To …

A Google rep has responded to an eamil inquiry about the reported inclusion of the local address in Adword ads (reported here and here and here) and acknowledged a limited experiment. The source within Google confirmed in an email that they are testing Ads that include the additional address line with a small set of …

Heather Hopkins’ analysis of MapQuest and Google Maps traffic trends in her post GoogleMaps Making Inroads Against Leader, Mapquest reveals more than is obvious at first glance about Google’s market share gain in the maps race. While Yahoo’s share decline has been steady over the year, Google’s jumps appear to have come at the immediate …