Google Maps Guide Brian promoting new Add to Map feature

I just received the following email from Maps Guide Brian: From: “Maps Guide Brian” Date: Tue, March 18, 2008 6:10 pm To: “Google Maps Help Group – Current Issues” Add, edit and mark locations for removal. Check out videos and instructions in the “Editing places” section of the “Search” tab in the Google Maps User …

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Google Maps Add new place to Map update

In the posting at the Google Lat Long Blog google has noted the following about the new Add/Edit Place to Map feature : •The feature is only available in U.S., Australia, and New Zealand •It can be used to edit a business as well as add new content. In this context it can be used …

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Local Links of Interest

From Camel’s Eyelids to Auto-geolocation: the Future of Mobile and Local Search AIMClear Blog A good update of the local session at NY SES. Steered Wrong: Drivers Trust GPS Even to a Fault – Jennifer Saranow, Wall Street Journal What can you say?

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Google Maps: Everyone can create a business listing

The new Google Maps feature to allow every user to create a new business listing is now live. The program was hinted at broadly by Carter Maslan, Maps Product Manager last month in an interview and confirmed today by Google. The new Map feature was seen as early as Sunday. Here is a comprehensive slideshow …

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M:Metrics Report: iPhone Internet Usage Far exceeds Market Average

In a report released today by M:Metrics it was noted that “the iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January.” Usage in other categories of internet access like watching video, listening to …

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