For some of us, there’s nothing better than a good map…well, there are some things better that decent, modest folks won’t mention…which is why we squeal (not me, I don’t squeal) with delight as we watch online mapping services get better over time.

Maybe that’s because maps are reminders that there is much, much more out there than what you’ve seen…

Starwood Hotels & Resorts is the first major hotel company to make the leap into the blogosphere, says the Wall Street Journal, with a blog called TheLobby.com.

Dear Valentine,

Hey, this is interesting. Google is testing some pay per call ads with a program called Click to Call.

ClickZ has details of a new experiment Google is conducting with ads on Google Maps.

An updated version of travel search engine Kayak.com provides Google Maps of hotel locations and lets users add hotels to the index.