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Double True?

  • Posted by: GOOD
  • on April 19, 2006 at 9:20 am

We all know that following MapQuest directions will take you exactly where you don’t want to go. They can’t even get you across the street. But is Google Maps, as some amusing comedians recently posited, the best? In fact, it is not. That would be Yahoo! Maps. On the other hand, try cooking with Google. That works wonders.

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