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I don't remember the existence of better offerings early in the Maps lifecycle that Google search prioritized Maps results over. Maybe I'm too young? There was
by fixermark 8y ago
I don't remember the existence of better offerings early in the Maps lifecycle that Google search prioritized Maps results over. Maybe I'm too young?
There was Mapquest, and to my memory, Google came out of the starting gate with something close to feature parity with them.
- s3r3nity 8y agoMapquest and Yahoo Maps were the dominant mapping platforms until Google Maps removed competitor links in the search results. [1] Google during this time was pushing for "universal search," which would break away from vertical search paradigms into a single blended set of results. This was also when traffic spiked to Google Maps and away from MapQuest / other competitors. And when you look at the data, the change in traffic is not due to users searching for "Google Maps" in the query more - but rather Google just linking to its own results more. [2] It was when I knew the whole "Don't be evil" motto was bullshit. [1] https://searchengineland.com/google-no-longer-linking-to-yahoo-mapquest-maps-10267 https://searchengineland.com/google-no-longer-linking-to-yah... [2] https://searchengineland.com/comscore-to-report-google-maps-now-number-1-16570 https://searchengineland.com/comscore-to-report-google-maps-...
- warbaker 8y agoMaps was always a better product, though...