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Map Wars - Google Maps vs. MSN Virtual Earth

Rand Fishkin

The author's views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.

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Rand Fishkin

Map Wars - Google Maps vs. MSN Virtual Earth

The author's views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.

Map Wars - Google Maps vs. MSN Virtual Earth

The map wars is on, go visit Ryan's map fight site to determine for yourself which map is better.

On my short visit, Google clearly has the usability edge, while MSN is far better at finding the right location, even given limited information, but Google's always been bad at this - just look at the number of posts on Craigslist that say "use Yahoo! map, Google map doesn't work".

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