Google Places vs Facebook Places: It’s Search vs. Social, Lawrence Coburn, The Next Web (Aug 31)
Google Places and Facebook Places give a whole new meaning to local search. Both offer a landing page for business. This article shows how the two differ in distribution strategies.
Google is through the search box and the display of a map with local businesses marked with balloons.
Facebook shows individuals checking into a local business and employs personal recommendations.
Concludes that - "Any way you measure it, Google is pretty far ahead at the moment. "
Posted by Gwen at September 2, 2010 11:05 AM