8 Santa Trackers For Christmas Eve 2008, From NORAD Santa To Twitter

Dec 24, 2008 at 1:13pm ET by Danny Sullivan

It's Christmas Eve, and that means Santa Claus is out doing his run. But where is Santa right now? Thanks to the internet, there's a huge number of ways to get Santa sightings. Below, a summary that covers online video sightings, Santa's phone number (apparently he can talk while driving), email updates, tracking him via your mobile phone and yes, even getting Twitter updates: 1) Video Clips From NORAD Tracks Santa They've been doing it for over 50 years now, and the NORAD site focuses on showing you a map of Santa's location along with a video clip of him caught by ra [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Santa Tracker, Top News

Santa Tracker 2008: Google & NORAD Team Up Again

Dec 2, 2008 at 12:47pm ET by Danny Sullivan

My favorite Christmas activity is tracking Santa's route around the world. Once again, NORAD and Google are making it easy. The NORAD Tracks Santa 2008 site is now up, and a countdown for your iGoogle home page can now be downloaded. Google just blogged the news today. Below, what to expect. NORAD -- you know, the missile tracking people -- might seem an unlikely group to track Santa. But they've been doing it for over 50 years, thanks to a misprinted phone number. Currently the site has little more than a countdown until Christmas and [...]

Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local, Google: Marketing, Search Engines: Santa Tracker, Top News

Instructions On Tracking Santa With NORAD & Google: The 2007 Edition

Dec 24, 2007 at 8:39am ET by Danny Sullivan

I'm a serious Santa Claus tracker. When I was a kid, I used to get Santa updates from NORAD (the US missile tracking people) via the radio. As an adult, I've long used the NORAD Tracks Santa web site to keep up with St. Nick, Father Christmas, or whatever your local name is for the jolly red suited man. This year, Google officially partnered with NORAD, bringing the NORAD Santa tracking site some of its most substantial changes in years. Some of the changes I like, and some make me think I wish Google had stayed out of it. Here's how to use the site, what's different, and what's cool. [...]

Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local, Google: Marketing, Search Engines: Santa Tracker

Tracking Santa: NORAD & Google Team Up For Christmas

Dec 1, 2007 at 1:11pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Every year, I enjoy helping my kids track the approach of Santa Claus through the NORAD site, as I've written about before. This year, Google's getting in on the action. You'll be able to track Santa in Google Earth on Christmas Eve with the help of a special file. You can also download a countdown for your iGoogle home page that Google offers here. NOTE: See Santa Tracker 2008: Google & NORAD Team Up Again for an update on the site. Didn't Google already partner with NORAD on tracking Santa last year? Unofficially, in that it hid gifts within Google Earth for people to lo [...]

Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Marketing, Google: iGoogle, Search Engines: Santa Tracker

Tracking Santa Through NORAD & Google Earth

Dec 18, 2006 at 3:54pm ET by Danny Sullivan

I love to track Santa courtesy of NORAD, the North American Air Defense Command. I did a post on my personal blog last year, Tracking Santa Through The NORAD Web Site, talking about how I moved from listening to Santa's location on the radio to monitoring him with my kids on the web. Gary Price tipped me to the news that the NORAD Tracks Santa 2006 site is now up. Can't wait for him in flight? Nathan over at InsideGoogle highlighted an official Google blog post about how you can find presents he's left behind in Google Earth and then track him in the software on Christmas Eve. More info o [...]

Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Marketing, Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Search Engines: Santa Tracker

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