How Google Maps Is A Marketing Tool for Local Businesses? Google has now replaced the Yellow Pages as the most commonplace a person finds a local vendor in. Google provides searches related to the most relevant keyword you type in and depicts information in the form of data, images, or maps. Since most of the day to day activities and businesses are undertaken on the internet, the Web has become the most crucial platform to get yourself identified amongst the million others who serve the same industry as you do. It does not just limit your search to websites of the particular company but with the emergence of the internet mapping technology, it gives you the exact location of the place you are looking for. A number of newer geospatial viewing tools have been developed that include major names like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon. Amongst these Google has always dominated its Google Map product. It uses AJAX technology to provide you with h...