I recently read an article on www.sitepoint.com, “The Future of the Web: What to Expect in 2008” discussing new web trends and innovations their writers believed to be headed our way for 2008. One of the the more interesting predictions related to the belief that more and more search applications will develop geographic search functions. For instance, instead of simply typing in your destination address to Google Maps and receiving some basic information about what the terrain at the location looks like and how to get there, you could potentially come up with information on what restaurants are close, article reviews of such places as well as other entertainment spots in the area, weather forecasts and conditions for that specific geographic location and a host of other information This new geographic area just became fully accessible.

The interest for me came in the form of one question that you may find interesting to ponder yourself. What does this mean for individuals as well as for businesses and community’s? How will this new set of readily available information impact areas that may be well kept secrets, or long time favorites, as well as the way that businesses now communicate information and fight to control the information that is communicated about them on the web?

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