The Industry Standard - Google Maps passes MapQuest in traffic by end of March? - Comments

Judged. Google Maps has

Ian Lamont — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:16:32 -0400

Judged. Google Maps has overtaken Mapquest, but after the date in the prediction, according to Hitwise.

Thanks for the links, David.

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor

Hitwise result

David Kuan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:06:05 -0400

Hitwise result

Done deal. Mapquest

David Kuan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:59:54 -0400

Done deal. Mapquest maintained lead until around April 10-11. Judgment is due.

Comscore also reports

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:16:05 -0500

Comscore also reports higher traffic for Google Maps than Mapquest. We'll still use Hitwise. Though Hitwise may not report on a monthly basis, when it does report it'll show monthly results.

@Yi-Wyn, Hitwise is known to

David Kuan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:29:44 -0500

@Yi-Wyn, Hitwise is known to not report the same metrics on a monthly basis. What happens if no similar metric is made after bet closes? Will there be an alternate used? According to Compete.com, Google Maps has already passed Mapquest in unique visitors/month as well as visitors/month metrics.

Google Maps passes MapQuest in traffic by end of March?

Yi-Wyn Yen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:07:22 -0500

Google Maps is closing in on MapQuest. According to Hitwise, Google Maps nearly caught up to MapQuest in late December in terms of U.S. traffic.

As of Feb. 7, 2009, Mapquest, with a 39.5% share, held a 3.8% lead over the Google up-and-comer.

Prediction: Google Maps overtakes MapQuest in terms of U.S. traffic by March 31, 2009. Search marketing firm Hitwise will be used to judge this prediction.