Facebook Places is a newly launched
location based service from the top social networking site. You can find places pertaining to following categories of products and services from Facebook Places:
- Stores
- Restaurants, bars and clubs
- Establishments
- TV shows
- Movies
- Games
- Sports teams
- Music
- Websites
Google has also released a
place oriented service in Google Maps for Mobile update. Google’s search engine strength is well known. Apart from finding location it provides the following value added services too.
- Get your bearings in your current place of location
- Latitude lets your friends know your location
- Apart from locating places, it finds the hours of operation
- Reviews about Hotel, movie, etc.
- Voice-guided direction
- Nearby landmarks and shops
While searching places is Google’s stronghold, it may be a matter of concern that
Facebook has an astounding 500 million members compared to Google’s 100 million browsers per day. Will Facebook Places give a tough competition to Google Maps?
