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Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that he doesn't understand why people think his company wants to be the next Microsoft. "Everybody thinks we're building operating systems, PCs and browsers. They clearly don't get it," he says. So where does Google want to go? "Look at MySpace," he says cryptically. "Very interesting."

Google and Microsoft both have new search interfaces in beta.

How to leverage Local Directories and maps to attract new customers

He said Microsoft's goal--but not its initial offering--would go beyond finding URLs and instead focus in on the specific information sought by Internet users.

Yahoo、Google、Microsoft陸續進軍智慧型地圖，期望語意式廣告（contextual advertisements）結合標出商家地點的地圖，帶動網際網路邁向新紀元，到時Google等希望可以脫穎而出，成為業界的佼佼者。用戶只要進行搜尋，這類語意式廣告就可崁入地圖裡或和地圖並陳。 雖然三家公司尚未公佈將來要如何靠智慧型地圖獲利，不過可能的模式之一是將程式開發工具授權出去後，利用智慧型地圖達到廣告目的的商家將與提供智慧型地圖的公司拆帳。 搜尋引擎廣告公司Fathom Online的執行長Chris Churchill說：「這塊市場潛藏數十億美元的商機。智慧型地圖採支援廣告的方式，是許多人的心血結晶。」

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