Google Shelves Controversial Real Estate Listing Initiative

GOOGLE has shelved plans to feature real estate listings within its Google Maps.

The company cited low usage for the feature, which is available in the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Japan.

The feature was launched in 2009, but despite offering free listings, failed to knock off the dominant Australian real estate search engines, realestate.com.au and domain.com.au.

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