Comments on: Talk about googling yourself http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/ on emerging platforms, the open source business opportunity, and the commoditization of software Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ian Bicking http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-105 Ian Bicking Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-105 It can't be an accident that just the capital building and a couple buildings next to it are low resolution. Though what secrets their roofs have to keep I cannot imagine. It can’t be an accident that just the capital building and a couple buildings next to it are low resolution. Though what secrets their roofs have to keep I cannot imagine.

]]> By: Foreigner http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-106 Foreigner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-106 Wake up google. There's a whole world *NOT* in the US of A. maps.google.com? howsabout "usa-maps.google.com" Wake up google. There’s a whole world *NOT* in the US of A.

maps.google.com? howsabout “usa-maps.google.com”

]]> By: ramon http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-107 ramon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://ianmurdock.com/2005/04/10/talk-about-googling-yourself/#comment-107 yes, there is a world outside of the usa. yet as an american based company, i dont find it unusual that they start mapping the usa first. it actually has some good maps of canada too (though i doubt they have satalite images of it yet). now if it was maps.google.fr and it didnt have maps of france i would find it odd, or maps.google.co.uk and didnt have maps of the uk, then yeah, you can complain. perhaps if they called it partialnorthamericamaps.google.com would make people happy? nah, stick with maps.google.com and keep making the google experience better on the whole :) yes, there is a world outside of the usa. yet as an american based company, i dont find it unusual that they start mapping the usa first. it actually has some good maps of canada too (though i doubt they have satalite images of it yet). now if it was maps.google.fr and it didnt have maps of france i would find it odd, or maps.google.co.uk and didnt have maps of the uk, then yeah, you can complain.

perhaps if they called it partialnorthamericamaps.google.com would make people happy? nah, stick with maps.google.com and keep making the google experience better on the whole :)

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