It appears that Google has removed links to Yahoo! Maps and MapQuest, which used to appear in search results for addresses or, often, in response to business name lookups.
Here’s my post at Search Engine Land that explains more. According to comScore, there are 65 million map users in the US, making it a very meaningful slice of the local search pie.
This entry was posted on January 16, 2007 at 3:53 pm and is filed under Local Search, Mapping. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Screenwerk 
January 16, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Took them long enough.
I wonder how much longer until the financial links change to Google Finance okay
[Not that I have any problem with this – it makes good sense]