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Google Offers Mobile Search Suggestions 
By: Frank Reed 2010-01-15 Despite the early rough sledding for the Nexus One device, Google is moving on and making improvements to local search on your mobile device. Recently the Near me now... ...feature was added which helps users learn what kind of products and services are within striking distance of their current location. While not as sexy yesterday Google announced that it is offering optimized search suggestions for your mobile searching pleasure. Google feels your pain of trying to type so much on such little keyboards I guess. At this time these features will be available only on Android and iPhone devices. If you are a Blackberry user are you seeing a recurring theme on this one? For the folks at RIM they better get their you know what in gear or else this train is leaving the station for good. Thats for another post though. The official Google Mobile Blog tells us "For example, when users in the Boston metro area begin typing Muse, suggestions such as museum of science boston and museum of fine arts boston are provided because people near Boston frequently look for these very popular museums. On the other hand, users in San Francisco who begin their query with Muse will see suggestions for museums in the San Francisco area. By using the devices current or most recent location, Google is able to offer even better, more useful suggestions than ever before. To try this yourself, go to google.com on your phones browser and start typing a query to see the new location-optimized suggestions. Make sure you have turned on Save recent locations and Allow use of device location under the Settings link on the google.com home page." Heres what it looks like. As with many of these services I suspect that they work best in the larger metro areas although that is not stated in any of the Google propaganda. I say this because when I try the service in my little suburb of Raleigh, NC my suggestions are a little bit less than optimized. I will remain patient though! So what do you think? Is this a time saver? Is it an innovation or does it rate a Its about time! ? Its Friday, chime in and let us know your thoughts before you check out for the weekend. Comments Tag: Mobile Search Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Frank Reed's blog Frank Thinking About Internet Marketing provides practical advice and insight for Internet marketers from local SMB's to Fortune 500's. Frank provides Internet marketing services through FT Internet Marketing, Inc. In addition, Frank is a regular contributor to Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Mike Moran's Biznology blogs. |
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