{"id":451,"date":"2005-04-20T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2005\/04\/new-services-from-google.htm"},"modified":"2007-07-17T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T11:05:42","slug":"new-services-from-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/04\/new-services-from-google.htm","title":{"rendered":"New services from Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--111400476813392797-->Last night, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.u-g-h.com\/Google+Maps+The+UK+.aspx\">I read on Owen&#8217;s blog that Google has launched its mapping service in the UK<\/a> (it&#8217;s been available in the US for some time), although in true Google style, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/\">Google Maps (UK)<\/a> is still labelled as a beta service. Also launched with UK content are <a href=\"http:\/\/local.google.co.uk\/\">Google Local (UK)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/sms\/\">Google SMS (UK)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking Google Maps first, the first thing I can say is that it is fast. I can go straight to a place (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?q=olney&#038;hl=en\">the town where I live<\/a>) and a great bonus is that there is no clicking and waiting for graphics to reload to view the adjacent parts of a map as Google&#8217;s maps are dynamic, interactive and draggable. It also has some cool features. For example, if I search on an address, I get a map with a list of businesses in the area (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?q=%22Heritage+House,+Church+Road,+Egham%22&amp;sll=51.431200,-0.546400&#038;sspn=0.458008,0.907430&amp;hl=en\">&#8220;Heritage House, Church Road, Egham&#8221;<\/a>). I can then click through for <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/local?q=Conchango+plc&#038;near=Egham,+TW20+9QD&amp;latlng=51431200,-546400,16397888807548933840\">more matching links<\/a> (through integration with the Google Local service), or I can get directions to or from the referenced location (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?saddr=Olney&#038;daddr=Heritage+House+Church+Rd,+Egham,+TW20+9QD&amp;hl=en\">from where I live, to where I work<\/a>). I use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaa.com\/travelwatch\/planner_main.jsp\">AA route planner<\/a> to work out my journeys for expense claim purposes and it sometimes takes a while (although it has the advantage of being able to specify some points to travel through where my journey is not necessarily the most direct one as I avoid south-east England&#8217;s traffic hot-spots) &#8211; the Google results are almost instant and have the added advantage that I can click on any of the steps to see a detailed map of a junction.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, Google Local was a bit of a disappointment to me, as it relies on data from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yell.co.uk\/\">Yell.com<\/a> (i.e. paid advertising), but the integration with Google SMS does look useful. For some time now, Google has also been available using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.466453.com\/\">466453.com<\/a> domain name (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zachklein.com\/2005\/02\/466453-google.html\">the phone keypad combination to spell Google<\/a>) and now Google SMS allows quick and easy search results from a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if I&#8217;m in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olney%2C_Milton_Keynes\">Olney<\/a> and I fancy a fish supper, I could text <code>fish.olney<\/code> to <code>6GOOG<\/code> (64664) and a few seconds later I receive one or more text messages giving me details of local fish and chip shops, (including <a href=\"http:\/\/local.google.co.uk\/local?q=fish+and+chips&amp;hl=en&#038;lr=&amp;sa=G&amp;near=olney&#038;rl=1&amp;sc=1&#038;radius=0&amp;latlng=52152629,-701992,5440452922165793618\">my favourite fish and chip shop &#8211; Enzo&#8217;s<\/a>). You might want to turn off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t9.com\/\">predictive text input<\/a> first though!<\/p>\n<p>Google SMS also provides driving directions from Google Maps, prices from Froogle, definitions of common words and calculations. Google have even provided a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/sms\/tips.pdf\">wallet-sized tip sheet for Google SMS users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a while now, industry commentators have said that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Google<\/a> needs to stay ahead as the search wars hot up. It may be the world&#8217;s best search engine right now, but that can&#8217;t be taken for granted as there is plenty of competition, particularly in the emerging desktop search market, and some of that competition comes from Microsoft, a company not known for holding back when it wants some market share. 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