Google may be a distance second in mapping to Mapquest, be struggling to gain a solid number one position in Local search, have but one cell tower and 0% market share of the cellphone OS system market but you wouldn’t know it from their coverage in the search and mainstream press. They seem to be getting 90% of the market share of news on their efforts in local and local mobile of late:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 google<\/strong> has even bigger plans<\/strong> for mobile<\/strong> phones<\/a> (WSJ)<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Google Maps Goes Wikimapia, Lets The People Move The Map Points<\/a> (Greg Sterling – SearchEngineLand)<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Google: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSeven Figures\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Have Used the LBC<\/a> (Greg Sterling – Screenwerk)<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Monetizing Google Platforms?<\/a> (Bill Slawski – SeoBytheSea.com)<\/p>\n Here a few interesting forum discussions about Google Maps and its effects on local websites (thanks to Dave):<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2How To Get My Business To Show Up As A Map In Google SERPs<\/a> (WebmasterWorld)<\/p>\n