Google maps & SEO Guide

Google Mobile

Google Mobile allows a user to access a number of services Google offers from a mobile device. Depending on the phone, many of the services accessible from a computer can be used, such as Search, Gmail, Maps and others. Instant access to Search is provided so the user doesn’t have to wait for a mobile [...]

Google Earth

Google Earth is a powerful and innovative software technology that combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to make it possible for anyone to explore the planet in amazing detail. It allows the user to fly from one locale to another and zoom in for increasingly fine detail and access map overlays to find anything [...]

Google Local

In 2004 Google moved into the local directory market with Google Local, an online replacement for the book format directory listings like the Yellow Pages.  Over time Google merged the service into Google Maps, today offering local business and directory information on their interactive maps. 
History
By 2004 many search engines had already implemented local versions.  Various [...]