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Google Maps to soon have branded advertisments

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 06:00 AM PDT

A while ago I wrote about how companies came up with innovative ideas with creating giant symbols on the ground so they might make it on Google Earth’s satellite images. Now brands do not have to do anything that drastic but only advertise their locations on Google Maps. This feature is being tested in Google Maps Australian locations.

How will the ads work?

Google will show a company’s symbol or logo withing Google Maps so that finding a particular place of business will be easier. This will be quite useful for restaurants and malls as they would really want to stand out compared to other landmarks on Google Maps.

Who gets to advertise?

Google will decide it the company relevant enough and large enough to warrant a logo to be put up in Google Maps. This is vital as Google will make money through impressions rather than the Ad-words system.

How does Google make money?

Google will probably charge money based on impressions means everytime someone see the logo on the map the company with logo will pay some money. There is obviously no click through as it is a map so no one can expect to click on a logo.

This feature is currently being testing in Australia according to Google Australia official blog. It is quite impressive to see how Google manages to make money through advertising with any service they offer.

What do you think? Will this be Google new super earning service in the future or there may not be many who would want to buy into this concept?

Do drop in your comments with your views.

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5 Cool Web Applications for Everyone to Save Time

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 02:03 AM PDT

Many people have been using their PC’s or Gadgets to meet their daily needs. However it is bit difficult to have Gadgets to meet our each and every need. For example consider a reminder, every Mobile is now loaded with reminders but initially people used to note this on the walls or papers etc, but after the evolution of Mobiles many are using the Mobile phones onely.

Reminder though few Gadgets that were existing in the market which were manufactured to only fulfill the reminder purpose. As technology is coping up every-day, people were expecting to have more loaded in a single product.

I have collected the 5 Web Applications that will help you a lot by making their impact and also they will save lot of time for you. Lets Check them out

Itumz
Amplify
Charts
Snipi
Backupify

Itumz : Itumz is a very powerful web application tool that lets you to make lists, access them from browser, and also share them with all your friends. You can make lists that help you to organize your schedule. Just create your to-do list with this and you can access it from any where in the Globe. It even supports mobile version.

Amplify : Amplify is a free service for engaging and makes it easy to spark conversation about web-pages, paragraphs, images, videos or origianl ideas that make people think. It just helps you to share everything that you read on the web with your Twitter as well as Facebook friends.

Charts : Create your Own charts using this application, find new Music or Radiostations, watch the Videos of your favorite Artist or band. You can get Top-Tracks, Music, Videos and Charts from FM4. It is one of the world’s largest music Catalogue.

Snipi : Drag and drop products, photos and videos from anywhere on the web using Snipi. It is a quite useful tools that your can just drag and drop the interesting things on the Internet. Capture products, photos, videos of any webpage, colloct and organize your online friends, and also share your interests.

Backupify : It provides you the automatic backups, archiving and also you can export all your social meadia data. In case of any hacking or data base crashing this is the tools that matters.