This document discusses the growth of local information on the internet and how it is increasingly accessed on mobile devices. It notes that 30% of Google searches are for local information. It describes how user-generated content and real-time data is enhancing local search results. It also outlines how local searches are moving to mobile, with 500% growth in mobile search from 2008 to 2010, and how mobile users are relying on their devices for local information anytime, anywhere.
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1989 1994 1998 Today
400 servers
connected to internet
0.4% population
online
150M web users 480M servers
25% pop. online
1.5B web users
The Growth of Information
6. Local is more than just Geo
Real Time Traffic
Information
Street View
Imagery
Business Listings
Photos
Public Transport
Information
But, this
is only
50%
8. User Generated Content: Google Earth
2007 2008 2009
More than 500 Millions KML/KMZ documents on the Internet
More than 250,000 Internet websites hosting KML/KMZ content
9. 2007 2008 2009
User Generated Content: MyMaps
40 Million Maps created by users
19. Activities of US Mobile Phone Users
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Dec 2009 Mar 2010
Sent text message to
another phone 63.1% 63.7%
Used browser
27.5% 30.1%
Used downloaded apps
26.0% 28.6%
Played games
21.6% 21.8%
Accessed social networking
site or blog 15.9% 18.7%
Listened to music
12.1% 13.2%
Mobile Content Activities of US Mobile Phone Users,
Dec 2009 & Mar 2010
(percent of total mobile subscribers)
Source: comScore Mobiilens cited in press release, May 6, 2010
Everything available through browser
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Find local
store hours
Get driving
directions
Browse
Whats
Near Me
Now
Locate
a business
on maps
Search near
My Location
Find friends
nearby
Call a local
business
Source: Kelsey Group
A mobile, much more than Phone Calls
22. 1. Data released under license
2. License allows a wide use of data released
3. No restrictions in time to the use reseased data
( perpetual and irrevocable)
4. License allows wide re-use of data.
5. No territory restriction to use of licensed data
The needs of the Infomedia Companies
23. 6. License allows to sublicense the rights to end users
and partners.
7. Respect of derivative works Intellectual Property
rights
8. Limitations of Liability
9. Allow comercial and non comercial uses
The needs of the Infomedia Companies
24. 10. Standarization of formats
11. Flexibility in the attribution of Copyrights
12. License available in Local and English language
The needs of the Infomedia Companies