Google has started serving ads through the Google Maps iPhone application, according to SEL.
The ads themselves look rather unobtrusive. When you perform a search, sponsored results are generated from your keywords. These results are denoted on the map by a different pin.
In list view the sponsored result is highlighted in yellow and clearly says sponsored link.
This change comes after a recent report that Apple purchased mapping company Placebase in order to possibly replace Google Maps on the iPhone.
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samK - October 3, 2009 at 7:09pm
lol... apple gave them the finger and google gave it right back. sad to see google go. the new map program better be REALLY good. i use map all the time to find places and google is awesome.
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bats - October 3, 2009 at 5:58pm
its just to bad that apple wont be using google maps anymore on iphone
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