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Dear Google, What’s Wrong With You?
- patrickaljord 13y agoSo this guys gets to complain because he had one non-optimal search result and concludes that Google Maps isn't improving? Anyone who says maps hasn't improved since the last 12 months must have their head buried somewhere. I mean, you'll be able to experience a freaking solar eclipse on the new 3D webgl google maps UI this Sunday https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMaps/posts/fuC658DrVCk https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMaps/posts/fuC658DrVCk
- omonra 13y agoI have to concur with his experience - I often get GMaps results (on Android - which matters) that are very far away. For that I think they should have a simple switch in the search bar - "How far away do you want to show results?". If I'm standing on a street looking for business X, I only care to see results in 1/5/10 mile radius.
- mistermann 13y agoI've also had similarly terrible gmaps results - it seems like only sponsored businesses show up or something. Which as the author says is "ok" I guess, but it's kind of not useful, and if its not useful, people will stop using it.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago>> "Similarly, last month I searched for “coffee” while in the Embarcadero Center, one of the denser coffee hotspots in America, and was sent to a Starbucks more than two miles away." My question would be why are you searching for coffee in 'one of the denser coffee hotspots in America'?
- gregd 13y agoLet me guess, you work for The Google? To add: being in a coffee dense area is precisely why you might want to search for a top-rated coffee shop.
- ghshephard 13y agoBecause you want to be directed to the best one (Blue Bottle isn't bad).
- gregd 13y agoThis article is precisely why I'm reticent to rely on any Google offering. A lot of their products have this air of abandonment. It's not like their products, for the most part, aren't top-notch. Perhaps they feel like they can't improve perfection? Do the developers get bored and move on?