Google for Local Shops

Filed in: Google — March 18th, 2004

Google unveiled its new beta search service – Google Local(http://local.google.com).

About Google Local

Sometimes the information you’re looking for is related to a particular place – like the all-night doughnut shop that’s nearest to your house. Google Local locates neighborhood stores and services by searching billions of pages across the web, then cross-checking those results with Yellow Pages data to pinpoint the local resources you want to find. This innovative approach gives you access to the most – and most relevant – results for your search.

Google Local not only search for the information but it also display location map(from MapQuest.com) for the shop/location you search! However, Google Local only searches for locations in the United States right now.

Thought:
Interesting! It will become our online yellow pages once Google Local spread to Malaysia.