• Understanding Google Maps & Local Search, Thursday, October 15, 2009 3 PM

As Google continues to map the planet, the Mountain View, Calif., company makes changes in the way it collects data. Recently Google decided to forgo receiving data from TeleAtlas, and go it alone. Could the change alter SEO strategies for local marketing?

Mike Blumenthal spoke with industry veteran Mike Dobson to get the lowdown. The one-on-one interview with Dobson covers a variety of topics, from whether Google has acquired or developed routing algorithms, to hypothesizing on if it would be worthwhile for Microsoft and Yahoo to team up with OpenStreetMap (OSM).

(The introduction is found here.)

 

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