Google Plans To Start Charging To Use Their Maps API

October 27, 2011

Google Plans To Start Charging To Use Their Maps API By Qushawn Clark If you use the Google Maps API for any of your apps or websites, you should pay attention to this. Google is planning on charging $4 for every 1000 page loads for these implementations of Google Maps. Don't get too worried about this if you run a small website using their api, as the first 25,000 loads per day will be free. This is really just a way for Google to make a little extra money off of the larger sites that are currently using their services for free. At first glance $4 may not seem like a lot of money, but when you think about the fact that there are many sites that have hundreds of thousands of visitors every day, that cost can add up. Also, I should add that the site gets charged whether the user actually interacts with the map or not Continue Reading

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