Google's "Local Search" for mobile unveiled

Alexander Turcic · 04-12-2005, 05:14 AM

Since today Google's Local Search for finding local restaurants, stores and other businesses can be accessed via Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices.

To receive useful Google Local results, include the location in your query, for example "pizza 94043" or "taxi san francisco". To receive a definition of a word or a phrase, begin your query with "define".

Mattoquai · 04-12-2005, 06:02 AM

This is nice,....if you live in the USA.
I'm wondering when Google will expand its local-based services outside the USA. Google Maps is another service that would be very cool if it wasn't 'USA-only'.
But well, maybe it will come later when these services turn out to be succesfull.

Pride Of Lions · 04-12-2005, 12:52 PM

A service like this has some nice overlaps with one of my favorite Palm OS programs, Vindigo. I love syncing my most used cities to my device and being able to find the movie times near where I'm at, a restaurant nearby, directions to the museum and a nearby parking garage. I like that it stores the information on my Zodiac2's cavernous RAM so that I can be stuck in traffic and find a wbetter way to getto where I'm going.

I look forward to using Google "Local Search" on my next Wi-Fi enabled PDA, but for now Vindigo works marvelously in getting me where I want to go and helps me discover new restaurants or whatever.
POL9A

04-12-2005, 05:14 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Google's "Local Search" for mobile unveiled Since today Google's Local Search for finding local restaurants, stores and other businesses can be accessed via Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices. To receive useful Google Local results, include the location in your query, for example "pizza 94043" or "taxi san francisco". To receive a definition of a word or a phrase, begin your query with "define". Attached Thumbnails

04-12-2005, 06:02 AM	#2
Mattoquai Enthusiast Posts: 21 Karma: 40 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NL Device: Blackberry 8700c / Nokia N70 / Iliad	Google, go global with local! This is nice,....if you live in the USA. I'm wondering when Google will expand its local-based services outside the USA. Google Maps is another service that would be very cool if it wasn't 'USA-only'. But well, maybe it will come later when these services turn out to be succesfull.

04-12-2005, 12:52 PM	#3
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	Google "Local Search" when offline? A service like this has some nice overlaps with one of my favorite Palm OS programs, Vindigo. I love syncing my most used cities to my device and being able to find the movie times near where I'm at, a restaurant nearby, directions to the museum and a nearby parking garage. I like that it stores the information on my Zodiac2's cavernous RAM so that I can be stuck in traffic and find a wbetter way to getto where I'm going. I look forward to using Google "Local Search" on my next Wi-Fi enabled PDA, but for now Vindigo works marvelously in getting me where I want to go and helps me discover new restaurants or whatever. POL9A

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