For those on the go, Google continues to add interesting innovations to its search facilities. As Google announced you can now refine your searches by location.
Location has become an important part of the way we search. If you’re a foodie looking for restaurant details, food blogs or the closest farmer’s market, location can be vital to helping you find the right information. We have now added the ability to refine your searches with the “Nearby” tool in the Search Options panel. One of the really helpful things about this tool is that it works geographically — not just with keywords — so you don’t have to worry about adding “Minneapolis” to your query and missing web pages that only say “St. Paul” or “Twin Cities.” Check it out by doing a search, clicking on “show options” and selecting “Nearby.”
Naturally this also works when you do a search on your mobile device. If your local restaurant has also decided to add an advertisement using AdWords then you can now even click on their phone number in their mobile ad. It would seem to be a win win situation.
Calling the business is now easier thanks to a feature that allows advertisers to add a clickable local phone number to their mobile ads. If you’re using an iPhone, Android, or other smartphone, you just click the number to call the business.
The results of this process can be really staggering. Below you will see a Nearby search for pizza here in Langley BC. As might be expected, there are quite a number of pizza restaurants, many of which do not even have websites. It was particularly pleasing to see a mention of a pizzeria in Fort Langley.
Perhaps the only surprising thing to remark here is that still Google has not included the new Golden Ears Bridge, now in operation for nine months. Perhaps it is a question of priorities. After all, Translink, the agency for the Golden Ears Bridge has no need to spend money on Google advertisements.
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You would not believe how long ive been searching for something like this. Browsed through 9 pages of Yahoo results couldnt find diddly squat. First page of bing. There this is…. Gotta start using that more often
Love this, great blog, thanks.
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