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Introducing Google Places

35 points by ashishbharthi 17y ago

cpr 17y ago
Damn, these guys are relentless, and have seemingly unlimited resources. (My hat's off to them.)
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Your hat wouldn't be off if you were a competitor that just got squished. I'm sure they're all great people, and they're not evil and all, but damn they're starting to look like the Borg.
  - dsplittgerber 17y ago
    "It is not what you do IF Google enters your market it is what you do WHEN they do If you can not answer that, then you should not be putting time and money into a business that you are obviously incapable of making successful" - From the guy who welcomed Google Voice entering his market and seems to be winning the voice transcription race, at least quality-wise. http://jamessiminoff.com/post/86801254/thank-you-google-thank-you-thank-you http://jamessiminoff.com/post/86801254/thank-you-google-than...
- benatkin 17y ago
  Eh...I think they're behind on this one. I used to use GMaps directly to look for places to eat. Now I use Yelp, taking ratings based only on a few reviews with a grain of salt. At first I wasn't so sure, but now I'm convinced that apps diverting a lot of traffic away from search.
Tawheed 17y ago
With Foursquare, FB and now Google, I think there is room for a "neutral" competitor that lets businesses set up shop with their own domain and integrates easily with the other sites.
spot 17y ago
this is what a service area looks like: http://tinyurl.com/y7o56e6 http://tinyurl.com/y7o56e6 ie polygons instead of points on the map. disclosure: i worked on it.
- spot 17y ago
  http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-customers-where-youll-go-with.html http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-customers-wh...
- anigbrowl 17y ago
  What I want to know is how Google recruits photographers :) http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=van&utm_source=en-van-na-us-gns-svn http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/#utm_campaig... None of the job openings at your SF office seem oriented around this. PS: nice job on the polygons. It helps on the N1.

35 points by ashishbharthi 17y ago

cpr 17y ago

Damn, these guys are relentless, and have seemingly unlimited resources. (My hat's off to them.)

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
Your hat wouldn't be off if you were a competitor that just got squished. I'm sure they're all great people, and they're not evil and all, but damn they're starting to look like the Borg.
- dsplittgerber 17y ago
  "It is not what you do IF Google enters your market it is what you do WHEN they do If you can not answer that, then you should not be putting time and money into a business that you are obviously incapable of making successful" - From the guy who welcomed Google Voice entering his market and seems to be winning the voice transcription race, at least quality-wise. http://jamessiminoff.com/post/86801254/thank-you-google-thank-you-thank-you http://jamessiminoff.com/post/86801254/thank-you-google-than...
benatkin 17y ago
Eh...I think they're behind on this one. I used to use GMaps directly to look for places to eat. Now I use Yelp, taking ratings based only on a few reviews with a grain of salt. At first I wasn't so sure, but now I'm convinced that apps diverting a lot of traffic away from search.

Tawheed 17y ago

With Foursquare, FB and now Google, I think there is room for a "neutral" competitor that lets businesses set up shop with their own domain and integrates easily with the other sites.

spot 17y ago

this is what a service area looks like: http://tinyurl.com/y7o56e6 http://tinyurl.com/y7o56e6 ie polygons instead of points on the map. disclosure: i worked on it.

spot 17y ago
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-customers-where-youll-go-with.html http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-customers-wh...
anigbrowl 17y ago
What I want to know is how Google recruits photographers :) http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=van&utm_source=en-van-na-us-gns-svn http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/#utm_campaig... None of the job openings at your SF office seem oriented around this. PS: nice job on the polygons. It helps on the N1.