Google maps is immensely helped by it's placement on Google whenever a location is searched, compared to say, sites like MapQuest. This is akin to Microsoft's p

Google maps is immensely helped by it's placement on Google whenever a location is searched, compared to say, sites like MapQuest. This is akin to Microsoft's placement of IE in Windows against Netscape. You can argue that Google Maps is superior to MapQuest, but back in the day IE was indeed superior to Netscape. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html