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Sponsored Icons And Hotel Price Search With Google Maps 
By: Courtney Mills 2010-03-23 Theres a couple of interesting tests running on Google maps at the moment which include new sponsored map icons and also prices for hotel listings on Google maps. Sponsored Icons The Google Australia blog has announced the launch of sponsored icons when browsing various businesses in Google maps. Google says this helps consumers recognise businesses more easily by depicting what the offline world looks like, and gives businesses a new way to stand out from the clutter. Heres an example of what the icons look like (see the listings for Bankwest ATM and JB Hi-Fi) Hotel Price Listings The second maps related test is the addition of prices for Hotel listings which will be visible to a small portion of users over the coming days. This feature will allow users to enter the dates they wish to travel and see prices from a list of advertisers for each hotel. Heres an example from Googles blog post, According to Google this new feature will not change the way hotels are ranked within Google maps. If youve seen either of these tests in the wild, please leave a comment and let us know what you think. Comments Tag: Sponsored Icons, Google Maps, Price Search Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Courtney is an online marketing specialist at ineedhits - a leading search engine marketing firm with over 11 years experience. Courtney has been living and breathing marketing for over 2 years and specializes in web and permission email marketing and providing news and opinion to online marketing communities. |
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