Archive for January, 2009
The new Townster Team
5 Jan. 2009 | Author: The local search and community platform Townster was auctioned off on eBay at the end of October 2009 (read our post). The new team has finally made itself heard.
In the company blog, the new team around Michael W. Schwetje has introduced itself, detailing the intensified redevelopment on the portal. There will be several changes ahead, but they did not disclose what to expect. One should be able to try out the new Townster sometime in the first half of 2009.
Google Maps presents videos more prominently
Local-interest video clips have been available for some time on Google Maps. The search engine giant has now integrated these directly in the map view of their local search service.
Until recently, the videos with geodata were somewhat hard to find – in the left-hand navigation bar, under the menu item “Discover this area”. Now users can display these easily alongside photos and Wikipedia articles, using the “More” button. The videos open when clicking on the Preview images.
Further items have newly appeared in the Street View feature arena – shortly after the beginning of December 2009, many street images of New Zealand were integrated, and the coverage of 360º views in the USA were doubled, as outlined in a post in the Google Lat Long blog.
Posted in General, Local Search per PC, Local Search, News, Local Search Engines, Practical features | 
Tags: 360°-Ansichten, google maps, lokale Suchmaschine, Neuseeland, Straßenansichten, Straßenaufnahmen, street view, Suchmaschinenprimus, Suchmaschinenriese, USA, Videos, YouTube, YouTube-Videos | 
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