Website Mapquest.Com

Mapquest. com is a free online web map service of the United States. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. MapQuest competes for market share with competitors like Google Maps and Here.

Reportedly, Mapquest. com ranks 501 in the US in terms of traffic, 1st in the References - Map category (In the US). The site has a total of about 25 million visits per month, and the average visit time is 1 minute 46 seconds. Among them, 50.32% are female, the remaining 49.68% are male. The majority of visitors are in the age group from 55 - 64 years old (20.98%), and over 65 years old (18.9%). The largest website traffic is from search (79.27%). (Statistics of Similarweb December 2022).

February 25, 1999, MapQuest went public on NASDAQ.

In 2004, MapQuest, uLocate, Research in Motion, and Nextel launched MapQuest Find Me, a GPS-enabled cell phone finder service.

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Events in 1999 and 25-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Mapquest.Com

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Founding day Mapquest.Com (25-2) in history

• Day 25-2 year 1570: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, Excommunicated by Pope Pius V
• Day 25-2 year 1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patented the first rotating multi-shot gun.
• Day 25-2 year 1870: Hiram Revels became the first black United States senator, taking over the term of Jefferson Davis.
• Day 25-2 year 1901: J.P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel Corporation, the first billion-dollar corporation in the world.
• Day 25-2 year 1948: Communists took control of the government in Czechoslovakia.
• Day 25-2 year 1964: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
• Day 25-2 year 1983: Tennessee Williams, American playwright, died.
• Day 25-2 year 1986: President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines; Corazon Aquino took over the office.
• Day 25-2 year 1990: Violeta Chamorro was elected president of Nicaragua, a victory for opponents of the Sandinistas.