Category Archives: bing

Geo-enabled Twitter comes alive on Twitter Maps

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been playing with Bing’s Twitter Maps lately and it’s one of the better implementations of Twitter’s geo APIs that were introduced last fall. It shows tweets within the last 7 days plotted on the map. Google Maps recently introduced a … Continue reading →

Posted in bing, geotagging, lbs, local search, maps, mobile, social networking, twitter | 3 Comments

Past, present and future of online maps

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google announced yesterday that it has added more detail on its maps, highlighting businesses and landmarks. They even solved the Albert Einstein Memorial problem that I wrote about last year. Businesses and landmarks are important because they make maps more … Continue reading →

Posted in bing, google, local search, maps, microsoft | 4 Comments

Bing, Yahoo! try to capitalize on Google’s Michael Jackson traffic surge

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

Seen over the weekend: ads for bing and Yahoo! on Google search results for “Michael Jackson”. The bing ad led to bing’s xRank page for Michael Jackson. The Yahoo! ad bizarrely led to a Yahoo! shopping results page for Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, aol, bing, google, search, yahoo | 1 Comment