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Unfortunately, this blog post is completely untrustworthy, because the data isn’t public. The only public thing are the links in this section: "Many European us
by WA 3y ago
Unfortunately, this blog post is completely untrustworthy, because the data isn’t public. The only public thing are the links in this section: "Many European users are raising concerns on message boards and in our help forums that they no longer see a useful Google Maps tab on our Search results page."
"Many Europeans" being tens of concerned users. Underwhelming.
- jsnell 3y ago[flagged]
- denysvitali 3y agoIt's also interesting to see that Google in this particular case is "listening to their customers" on their help forums. Google is well known to ignore user feedback or provide user support, and magically now they care about that because it's convenient.
- seanhunter 3y agoExactly. I’d like to see the ratio of maps complaints they are listening to[1] vs say “Google reader is being shut down” complaints which they ignored. I’m guessing it’s pretty low. [1] Which purely by coincidence happen to fit their anti-dma agenda
- wiseowise 3y agoIt’s annoying that I have to open maps separately now. You really think every annoyed user will go to some Google forum to complain about this?
- seszett 3y agoJust the usual corporate whine against something that is inconvenient for them. It's mostly ineffective in Europe but I think it's probably targeted at Americans, in order to convince them that they shouldn't push for the same things in the US.
- yunohn 3y agoHmm, I agree the non clickable Maps on Google searches is incredibly annoying.
- commtinfrequent 3y agoAnecdote, not data, but I was actually confused where that tab went and blamed it on some poor new AI powered UI change, that was trying to guess what was useful for me. Turns out it was regulatory. Who knew?