Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Google Embeddable Maps To Launch In August


Google will be launching a new feature on its mapping service that will permit advertises to easily embed maps directly into web pages. This functionality works much like embedded YouTube videos, and was originally in plan to launch with the "My Maps" service release on Google Maps in late April, but was apparently held up in q/a.


Carl Sjogreen, Google Australia's senior product manager, announced the release yesterday. Over one million Australian are now using Google Maps on a regular basis and that traffic to the site had doubled in the past six months, according to Sjogreen.


The technology, developed by Googles Australian team, will roll to the U.S. and the rest of the world in several weeks.

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