Google using expandable Map with Yahoo! Maps listings - confused

Posted on October 9, 2007
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I did a search for Needham, MA 02494 on Google and got the onebox result with a Google map right on top.

Just below that happened to be a Yahoo! Maps result with the little button that allows you to expand a map in the SRP. And not as a surprise to me but maybe to quite some people – even so the title reads “Yahoo! Maps - Needham, MA 02494, United States” – the map was a Google Map.

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3 Responses to “Google using expandable Map with Yahoo! Maps listings - confused”

Matt Cutts on October 10th, 2007 7:05 am

Huh. Looks like we indexed a Yahoo search results page for maps. I’m surprised Yahoo doesn’t exclude that url in robots.txt, but I’ll pass on the report. Thanks!
Frank Fuchs on October 10th, 2007 8:54 am

Thanks Matt,

whilst I’m not sure if this couldn’t be a legitimate result - at the end of the day its about user experience and we don’t want to mislead consumers - do we
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing on October 10th, 2007 6:48 pm

Some Google Maps Indexing Confusion …

Locally Type found this mistake in a Google result, showing a Yahoo Maps URL but with a plus box that reveals a Google Map. Here’s the result that lead to the post: Needham, MA 02494. The actual Yahoo Map is a link down on the page…….