mattraskin.com » advertising http://www.mattraskin.com the blog of matt raskin Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6-beta1 en hourly 1 Sponsored Links in the iPhone’s Maps App http://www.mattraskin.com/blog/iphone/sponsored-links-on-the-iphones-map-app/ http://www.mattraskin.com/blog/iphone/sponsored-links-on-the-iphones-map-app/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:40:04 +0000 mattraskin http://www.mattraskin.com/?p=231 IMG_0143I came across something that I had never noticed before today. When doing a search for “Nordstrom Rack” in Chicago rather than finding the closest Nordstrom Rack a different non-pin icon appeared pointing out Nordstrom Michigan Ave as a sponsored link. While I am one of the most understanding that advertising drives the online world, I am upset to see these results take over the iPhone Maps app. The last thing I want to see is the addition of advertisements in a product that I purchased without ads.

What are your thoughts? Should Google be able to see ad revenue from the iPhone’s included, undeleteable apps?

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