Comments on: Google Maps Terms of Service and Pay http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Ron Hogue http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-437909 Ron Hogue Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:32:06 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/#comment-437909 I came across your name recently while browsing on the web. I would like to speak with you soon regarding internet security, identity theft, and related issues. I am extremely tired right now and will be going to bed soon. I have lots of information that would be of interest to you. Thanks in advance. Ron Hogue

]]> By: Mano Marks http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-415134 Mano Marks Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:54:49 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/#comment-415134 Just saw this post, been on the road. We did a calculation and figured out that at 25,000 a day, we’re affecting only .35% of sites, so 99.65% of the 700,000 active sites will continue to be free. We’ve also said we’re working on a mechanism so that if you’re site is posted to Reddit or Slashdot and ends up getting tons of hits over a short period of time you won’t get charged.

]]> By: John M Knight http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-411962 John M Knight Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:29:27 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/#comment-411962 Having been in several industries and many companies it is not always apparent from the outside where the real money makers or losers are. Again, while I don’t know what really is going on inside Google, I think that their ad revenue from maps might not be supporting all of their investments – past and present.

]]> By: Andrew http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-411961 Andrew Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:25:59 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/#comment-411961 It does seem that with Larry taking the reins that Google has been focusing on specific product lines. Likely part of that is ‘extracting’ as much value as possible from highly-valuable assets – such as GoogleMaps.

However, I would have thought that the ancillary benefits of high-usage metrics, publishing and brand impact would have prevented the requirement to charge money for it. But perhaps not.

]]> By: John M Knight http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-411935 John M Knight Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:58:52 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/google-maps-terms-of-service-and-pay-choice/#comment-411935 Andrew,

It’s interesting to be sure but is it really unexpected or shocking? As you say Google has made a tremendous investment in these services and API’s and it shows in their quality. I can’t blame a company in their situation, which feels to the need to monetize this service more than they already have. To me it would indicate that someone at Google either sees a real need to earn more money than they are or someone is getting greedy. There’s no way of knowing which case it is.

Given this change I wouldn’t want to use the API for more than embedding in a website that I wouldn’t feel would ever get too popular. Without more ways to handle usage caps someone could get hit with a hefty bill on a site that makes no money itself, let alone an app.

As has happened with other companies in the past, a change in price will impact the purchasing and adoption of their product – it will very interesting to see what happens and how they react to it.

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