Google Expands Universal Search To More Phones In More Countries

Jul 2, 2009 at 9:33am ET by Greg Sterling

Of the big three search engines, one could argue that Google is directing the most focused, ongoing effort toward mobile. Clearly Yahoo and Microsoft see mobile as a critical part of their business but Google is more or less continually doing things that seek to improve the mobile user experience. First, of course, there's Android itself. And then there are Android apps like Places Directory (a local search app minus the search part). There's also the effort to improve and expand Voice Search and Latitude. There are the recent upgrades to GMail and iGoogle that make the mobile browser exper [...]

Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile, Top News

Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment

Jun 25, 2009 at 2:39am ET by Matt McGee

City Tours is a new addition to Google Labs that puts Google squarely in the tourism business: Give it a city name, and Google not only suggests sites to see, but it also maps out a multi-day itinerary and proposes a minute-by-minute travel schedule for you to follow. And what's really impressive is that City Tours doesn't only cover the standard travel hot spots like New York, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. You've probably never heard of Kennewick, Washington, but Google has a three-day tour in mind if you ever want to visit my neck of the woods. Whoa. That noise you hear is the soun [...]

Filed in: Google: Labs, Google: Maps & Local, Top News

Google Maps Let’s You Discover “What’s Here”

Jun 22, 2009 at 8:02am ET by Greg Sterling

Google Maps has introduced a useful new feature called "What's Here," which allows you to use the map as a kind of discovery tool. Select a point, right click and the menu appears with a new choice "what's here," allowing discovery of -- you guessed it -- what's at/around the designated site or point. The answers and options change depending on the level of zoom. User-generated maps and content appear along with more traditional data sources in the left pane accordingly. Here's an example in San Francisco for the Ferry Building: Clicking the link "explore this area" yields ad [...]

Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines

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