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A eulogy for Mapquest

Once the dominant mapping site, the decline of Mapquest is a story of disruptive competition and corporate...

Greg Sterling | Oct 4, 2019 at 11:45 am ET

Mapquest Gets A New Look And Logo

Mapquest has introduced a new look and a new retro-chic, 1970s-style logo. The changes are part of a series of upgrades begun prior to the...

Greg Sterling | Sep 16, 2015 at 1:33 am ET

Bing Adds New Tools, Enhanced Content To Mapping Upgrade

Earlier today Microsoft announced the next version of Bing Maps will offer many new features, enhanced content and multiple design...

Greg Sterling | Jul 6, 2015 at 5:44 pm ET

 

MapQuest Brings Roadside Assistance Service To Mobile App

MapQuest has integrated “Uber for roadside assistance” service Urgent.ly into its updated app. What this means is that consumers are...

Greg Sterling | Nov 11, 2014 at 12:07 pm ET

MapQuest’s New Commute App Helps Optimize Drive Times

MapQuest has introduced a new app for Google Play and iOS: “Commute.” Just as the name suggests, it’s a stand-alone app...

Greg Sterling | Sep 24, 2014 at 1:18 pm ET

MapQuest Aims For Reboot With New Content, Partners, UI

A few years ago, while others were investing in their mapping platforms, AOL was coasting with MapQuest. AOL’s sustained neglect of the...

Greg Sterling | Apr 9, 2014 at 11:43 am ET

MapQuest Transfers Local Listings Management To Yext

Last October, MapQuest started outsourcing local business listings management to Yext. The “claim your MapQuest listings” page is...

Greg Sterling | Jan 23, 2014 at 12:57 pm ET

MapQuest Aims For Revival With New Mobile App

Once the leader and innovator in online mapping, MapQuest has fallen pretty far from that perch. While the brand survives and the site is still...

Greg Sterling | Nov 15, 2013 at 12:43 am ET

Amazon Buys UpNext, Will We Soon See Kindle Maps?

Amazon has done a really interesting thing: it just bought mapping app UpNext. UpNext is a 3D mapping company that started on the PC in 2007 and...

Greg Sterling | Jul 2, 2012 at 3:27 pm ET

Mapquest Debuts New Local-Social Mapping Site “MQ Vibe”

People have been speculating about it for weeks and now it’s live: MapQuest Vibe. With the launch of the new neighborhood-discovery site...

Greg Sterling | Oct 13, 2011 at 6:51 am ET

MapQuest Launches Local Business Listings Center

Local SEOs have another tool to add to the “citation belt,” as it were: MapQuest has announced its own Local Business Center, a...

Matt McGee | Jun 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm ET

Mapquest Takes On Google Navigation With Free Android App

Following the success of its iPhone app, Mapquest has released a free, voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation app for Android handsets. The new...

Greg Sterling | Feb 16, 2011 at 12:14 am ET

Mapquest Introduces Transit, Walking Directions

Mapquest has introduced public transit and walking directions. It has had walking directions on mobile for awhile. The transit directions are...

Greg Sterling | Feb 10, 2011 at 10:10 am ET

Mapquest Launches New Atlas For Students — With CIA Data

Mapquest has launched a useful new site: Atlas.Mapquest.com. As the name suggests it’s an interactive atlas, directed toward students and...

Greg Sterling | Sep 30, 2010 at 7:44 am ET

Mapquest Advances ‘Open’ Strategy With Euro Sites

Mapquest is continuing down its new “open” path with OpenStreetMap. Previously the AOL company announced an investment in the...

Greg Sterling | Sep 23, 2010 at 6:59 am ET

Friday Maps Mania: Street View Back In Europe, “Wi-Spy” Accusations In US, Mapquest Opens Up & Put Your Check-ins On The Map

With lots of mapping news today, we’re combining it all into a single round up, which focuses largely on Google. The company decided,...

Greg Sterling | Jul 9, 2010 at 4:06 pm ET

Mapquest Introduces New Look, New Capabilities

You might not have thought of it this way but the old MapQuest was mostly about driving directions. The new Mapquest (launching today) is about...

Greg Sterling | Jun 29, 2010 at 7:54 am ET

We Could Be Lovers: AOL Courts Google & Microsoft

Coy AOL is trying to get as much as it can for its flat to declining search volume from either current partner Google (AOL CEO Time...

Greg Sterling | Jun 4, 2010 at 11:05 am ET

Year In Review: Local Search & Maps

While analysts and practitioners have been prognosticating the imminent arrival of local search for the last several years, 2009 was finally the...

David Mihm | Dec 31, 2009 at 7:00 am ET

MapQuest Integrates Citysearch Content

MapQuest or variations on its name represent five of the top 22 search queries in the travel category (in November) according to Hitwise....

Greg Sterling | Dec 22, 2009 at 9:04 am ET
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