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title: Windows Live Local
date: "2005-12-08T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 479
description: I evaluate Windows Live Local against Google Maps, concluding that Google's speed is the critical advantage. I find that performance is often the most important feature when comparing mapping services and web applications.
keywords: [windows live local, google maps, web performance, mapping services, latency, google reader]
---

[Windows Live Local](http://local.live.com/) tries to match Google Maps. But Google Maps is just too fast. As I mentioned earlier ([Why Google Reader](/blog/why-google-reader/)): the reason I like Google is largely speed.>