Google Disappears Links to MapQuest and Yahoo Maps
Google January 16th, 2007 - By HaochiSeveral blogs today reports that Google has pulled the links to MapQuest and Yahoo Maps in the OneBox result for Maps on the result pages which they used to display. Now when you search a place, or an address, the OneBox result for Maps will display a road map of the city, and a “Get directions” form if you search for an address.
However, Google has not remove the links on the OneBox results for Finance, they are still linking to Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, MarketWatch, CNN Money, and Reuters. Of course, Google Finance is by default for the title link.
Update: On Google’s Search Feature page, it still says “When Google recognizes your query as a map request, we’ll return links from Google Maps and other high quality map providers that will lead you directly to the relevant map”. So, where are the “other high quality map providers”?


January 16th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I guess in Google’s eyes (google-eyes?) - there are no other “high quality map providers”.
January 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Why is Google continually digging themselves into a deeper and deeper hole with the public with each anti-competitive move. The managers of the company are loosing it much like what happened to Microsoft. It might have to do with it becoming a public company, the entire corporate culture is beginning to change.
January 16th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Yeah, Google was once well respected for playing “fair”, but now they are just, hmm…