In a totally unexpected move, which this morning its own press office did not know about when we asked them for a comment, Google announced that the property search feature will be dropped in all the countries where it operates, including the UK, on February 10.
In a low-key blog, Google vice president Brian McClendon announced its experiment is over, saying: “One of our key philosophies is to take risks and to experiment. To that end, in July 2009 we announced the ability to find property for sale or rent directly on Google Maps.
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NetRent Comment
This is certainly a surprise move by Google and affects all their property pages across the world, not just in the UK. We believe that one of the reasons Google Property failed in the UK was the difficulty of actually finding the service on their website.
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