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MapQuest Launches Navigator iPhone App

Update: MapQuest has now issued a pricing update on the official blog:

PC–Based Mapping Sites Attracting More Visitors

Mobile mapping portals continue to grow in popularity, but PC-based mapping sites continue to attract more visitors, according to a new report from ABI Research. The report found that the Asia-Pacific region is currently lagging behind North America and Europe, but it is on track to surpass both regions by 2013 with 245 million visitors, driven by the growing popularity of local Chinese portals Sohu and Baidu.

MapQuest Launches Missing Children Widget

AOL's MapQuest has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to launch a new widget on MapQuest Local that includes missing child alerts and information from NCMEC.

AOL Launches Site Focused On Famous Landmarks

AOL has launched a new site focused on the location of famous pop culture landmarks from music, film and television. Where It's At, features photos and background stories on why the landmarks are famous. The site is powered by MapQuest and allows users to submit landmarks that are not already included on the map.

Hitwise Puts Google Maps In Front Of MapQuest

It took a couple of months, but most of the important traffic-tracking companies are now in agreement: Google Maps is more popular than MapQuest.  Hitwise is the latest source to confirm this standing. Fresh Hitwise info puts Google Maps in the lead starting earlier this month.  As of Saturday the 11th, its win still wasn't overwhelming (compare market shares of 39.38 and 39.14 percent), but the lines representing the two services seem to have been on pretty fixed paths as of late.

Google Maps To Catch MapQuest By End Of The Year

Even with the strong growth of portable navigation devices, online mapping sites remain popular for trip planning, local search and written direction. The current global number of 300 million unique visitors is expected to grow at annual rate of 15 percent in the coming years, according to ABI research. In the U.S. MapQuest and Google are competing for market leadership, leaving Yahoo Maps and Microsoft Live Search Maps trailing.

MapQuest Adds New Feature To Its Mobile Service

AOL's MapQuest has added a new feature to its MapQuest 4 Mobile, called My Places. My Places allows MapQuest users to save maps and routes to their profile from the MapQuest site and access them on MapQuest.com or their mobile phone. MapQuest 4 Mobile is a free downloadable application. My Places allows users to set up an account on the MapQuest site and view their saved locations using MapQuest 4 Mobile. Users can view their saved locations either on their mobile or their PC.

comScore Gives Google Maps January Win

Don't be surprised if members of the Google Maps team start to favor comScore over competing traffic-monitoring companies.  comScore may have just helped them secure some bonuses by putting Google Maps ahead of MapQuest in terms of unique visitors.

Google Maps Comes Close To Catching MapQuest

While Google remains dominant in search there is one area it has not been able to take the top spot. Hitwise has an interesting analysis about how Google Maps was close to catching MapQuest in share of U.S. Internet visits a few weeks ago.

Cowen Puts Google Maps Ahead Of Rivals

In the 2005 movie "Domino," a character curses MapQuest for making him late and the words "never again" are used.  Now, as a new study crowns Google Maps a sort of leader in this field, a lot of folks seem to have taken similar oaths regarding Live Search Maps and Yahoo Maps.