So the hottest new space on the web is called location-based services. Facebook will soon introduce the service. Twitter recently did so. New companies such as Loopt or Foursquare are all the rage.

Arrgghh. These services combine presence, location, local mapping, messaging, status, etc. etc.

Guess what? AOL created this space with AIM with MapQuest and Digital City and AOLbyPhone. This was another space where AOL was the leader and couldn’t capitalize on its innovation in Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. We created these services and concepts in 1995, 15 years ago.

The infrastructure and audience and technology are there. AOL should be a leader in this new category. If anyone out there is listening, make us old timers proud. Capitalize on the moment.