Google Location Searches

Colin Dunstan · 09-15-2004, 10:45 AM

Google offers a beautiful interface for displaying the location of businesses. The result pages include zoomable maps.

E.g., Find cheap restaurants around Manhattan

hacker · 09-15-2004, 11:08 AM

You can also get there with:

http://local.google.com/

I've been using "Local" for a month or two now, because it helps me find businesses faster than digging out the right Yellow Pages book, and it also lets me zero in on my local area to find my direct business competition and places I can market my business better, based on local saturation of other similar fields.

Lets also not forget some of Google's other services, which don't get as much attention as they should:

http://froogle.google.com/

Froogle is great for comparing the cheapest pricing for lots of gear. I use it, along with http://www.fatwallet.com and eBay to get a good idea of what a product "should" be selling for.

http://catalogs.google.com/

Another great Google offering, which does a visual OCR of physical (printed) catalog pages for your search terms. Pretty slick stuff.

09-15-2004, 10:45 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Google Location Searches Google offers a beautiful interface for displaying the location of businesses. The result pages include zoomable maps. E.g., Find cheap restaurants around Manhattan

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09-15-2004, 11:08 AM	#2
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	You can also get there with: http://local.google.com/ I've been using "Local" for a month or two now, because it helps me find businesses faster than digging out the right Yellow Pages book, and it also lets me zero in on my local area to find my direct business competition and places I can market my business better, based on local saturation of other similar fields. Lets also not forget some of Google's other services, which don't get as much attention as they should: http://froogle.google.com/ Froogle is great for comparing the cheapest pricing for lots of gear. I use it, along with http://www.fatwallet.com and eBay to get a good idea of what a product "should" be selling for. http://catalogs.google.com/ Another great Google offering, which does a visual OCR of physical (printed) catalog pages for your search terms. Pretty slick stuff.

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