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Google Sightseeing is a daily updated blog which covers the best of things to see on Google Earth, Google Maps and Street View.

The site is in English and readers primarily come from United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. We also have separate translation sites in French, Italian, Spanish and German.

Google Sightseeing is unaffiliated with Google, and has been running since April 2005. In that time there has been much press coverage, including LA Times, New York Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, Wired, TIME magazine’s “50 coolest websites of the year”, as well as TV coverage on BBC News 24, BBC World Service and FOX 26.

Google Sightseeing is written and developed by owners James Turnbull and Alex Turnbull, with a small team of contributing writers.

Monthly visitor statistics

Averages based on January – June 2010

  • Unique Visitors: 430,000 / month
  • Page Views: 1,100,000 / month

Web rankings

Complied on 20th July 2010

Visitor demographics

Based on opt-in Facebook fans

  • Female: 25%
  • Male: 73%
  • Ages 13-17: 9%
  • Ages 18-24: 25%
  • Ages 25-34: 32%
  • Ages 35-44: 22%
  • Ages 45-54: 7%
  • Ages 55+: 4%

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Welcome to Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

Could you be one of our authors? We're looking for more freelance writers - please get in touch for more information.

Best of Google Sightseeing

Newberry Volcano (Volcano Week 4)

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Newberry Volcano is an immense…

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Erratic Boulders

An erratic boulder is, simply enough, a piece of rock that doesn’t originate from the place where it is found.…

New Imagery in Google Earth July 07

The Google Latlong Blog has posted an announcement of new terrain and imagery in Google Earth and Google Maps. Rather…

Internet fan says he found the face of Satan using Google Earth

INTERNET fan Luther Blissett told yesterday how he found the ANTICHRIST – on Google Earth. The 26-year-old recognised the image…

Masonic Temples Around the World

Freemasonry is the world’s largest and oldest fraternity. It’s also sort of hard to define. It’s a fraternal organisation, but…

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“Wipeout” the TV Show

The crazy American TV series “Wipeout” is ranked as the third most popular game show in the world1, and for…

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Recent Comments

Recent comments on:
Internet fan says he found the face of Satan using Google Earth (11 comments)

  1. “hey and this guy discovered a GHOST on google street view! see it on lafrecciaferma.wordpress .com ” john

Recent comments on:
Masonic Temples Around the World (6 comments)

  1. “nice list here. want to note that the masonic temple in dayton, ohio is surprisingly large and beautiful. it could be on this list. most people...” patrick
  2. “I think this is a masonic monument, near the Champ de Mars and the Eiffel Tower, in Paris : http://maps.google.fr/ma ps?f=q&source=s_q...” Julien Gremillot
  3. “Useless to me, I can’t join them. ” DH
  4. “in new york there’s also this place http://maps.google.com/m aps?f=q&source=s_q& #038;hl=en&geocode= &q=23rd+st+and+6...” Mxx

Recent comments on:
The Rideau Canal: From Ottawa to Lake Ontario (1 comments)

  1. “Great article about what is really a treasure. The canal is a fantastic way to see that part of Ontario. What a lot of folks don’t realize is...” Dave Chomitz

Recent comments on:
Wow! That’s a LOT of cars! (6 comments)

  1. “Haha great timing I guess! :D ” Chris Hannigan

Recent comments on:
“Wipeout” the TV Show (5 comments)

  1. “They re-aired a chopped up version of ‘Takeshi’s Castle’ in the states a few years ago and renamed it ‘MXC’ (Most...” Chris Hannigan

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