MapStats Wins MSN Virtual Earth Contest

[garyp]

Just posted this to the blog. Might be of interest.

MapStats Wins MS Virtual Earth Contest
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051102-003310

Sounds interesting. The post also includes some comments from Nacho.

[Nacho]

Thanks Gary!

IMO, Playing around with maps and IPs seems to be not as new any more (although it keeps "WOWing" me every time I see a new tool with it). For example, Shawn (digitalpoint) just launched a user locator map for its forum:

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/usermap.php

With Google's API out and a bunch other map API being released as this is a hot topic, we'll probably see more of this rolling out. This is one more reason why local search tactics and local targeting will grow the entire industry to new levels.