After years of telling people that Google Maps is superior to MapQuest, the facts have finally come out. According to TechCrunch, industry analyst firm Cowen & Co. have released results that Google Maps is way ahead of Yahoo! Maps, MapQuest and Live Search (Microsoft) Maps. Cowen & Co. describe it as simply a matter of not having the resources to beat Google at the cartography game, direct quote below:
“Since our initial survey in July 2007, innovation at (AOL’s) MapQuest and Yahoo Maps has stagnated,” and although Microsoft has improved Live Search Maps, it remains the least popular of the four top services, said Cowen and Co. “Yahoo and MapQuest do not have the resources to keep pace and are forced to aggressively monetize a declining franchise in the maps segment.”
Here’s to everyone who told me MapQuest is “easier to use and gives faster times.”
