AnkitMaheshwari - 5:18 am on Feb 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

Does this negatively affect those businesses?

Yes

Do you like this "feature"?

Not from business owner's standpoint

Does this significantly enhance the user-experience for people looking stuff up in Google Maps?

Yes, I think this would really help the users in quick comparisons and knowing the local players with a single search