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Microsoft Live brought out "1 Click Directions" recently. It's an interesting approach. Instead of your needing to supply a starting direction, Microsoft is providing directions coming from North, South, East and West using major highways as the starting reference point.
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Live has added 1-click directions.
2007-11-15
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Live defaults to a web search but knows enough to feature local results when a search includes a geographic qualification. Almost looking like "tags" , Related Searches are utilizing the search string and further qualifying it with other presumably "popular" modifiers.
Live Local Search Results include refinements based on category and neighborhood. Within each listing are prompts to review and their new "1-Click Directions" capability.
Live business listing landing page defaults to a business info section replete with web results for the business in question. Strong promotion for the 1-click directions is provided here. The neighborhood the business is located in is given but it does not link to a neighborhood page. Find Nearby is promoted and the list of options is interesting.
Live Find Nearby for Transportation Lines. Treating the multi-billion dollar Regional Transportation District that supplies all public transportation along the Denver corridor with a small bus service is not equitable.
Live 1-Click Directions is an interesting innovation. It doesn't require the user to enter a specific starting location. The user just has to tell the system what direction he or she is coming from. The site uses the closest major highway exits as the "starting location" assuming the user knows how to get to the major highway from wherever he or she is.
