Who Are My Neighbors, Mr.Search Engine? 213
Phoe6 writes "'Google's goal is to connect searchers with the information they need whether it's halfway around the world or in their neighborhood,' said company co-founder Sergey Brin, as Google is unveiling its location-based search tool local.google.com.
This is going heads on with Yahoo, as it put its SmartView content on its maps." Phoe6 also points to this AP story carried by the Houston Chronicle about "Verizon Communications' SuperPages.com, overhauled to deliver more useful local results." Google's service seems to work pretty well -- I've just located a few coffee shops with free wireless within easy walking distance. Update: 03/17 18:33 GMT by T : Here's a no-reg link to the same AP story.
Verizon Super pages Map Based Search (Score:5, Informative)
The Java version I've linked rocks. I've used it to find all of the sushi places within driving distances of my place
Verizon Map Based Search [superpages.com]
Needs Work (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Why does this need it's own page/interface (Score:3, Informative)
Re:whether it's halfway around the world (Score:2, Informative)
Re:My Gosh, we did it!! (Score:5, Informative)
labs.google.com != google.com != local.google.com
Re:US Only? (Score:5, Informative)
geourl (Score:5, Informative)
Evolving. (Score:5, Informative)
Along with its regular search and local search, you can make an extremely customizable search with the following features:
site:, link:, inurl:, allinurl:, intitle:, allintitle:, intext:, allintext:, filetype:, ext:, inanchor:, allinanchor:, phonebook:, rphonebook:, bphonebook:, daterange:
As the words suggest, site: will search for the search terms in a specific site, or domain level (e.g. site:www.slashdot.org, site:.org), inurl: will search for the search terms in the URL as well as the content. allinurl: will search for the search terms only inside the url. filetype: will search for the search terms with results for only the specified filetype (e.g. filetype:.doc), etc.
It also has a very complex calculator function, which comes into effect automatically when you enter a mathematical query (e.g. tablespoon / pi ^ e).
It also (imo) has the best ranking system, which isnt bias by money (excluding the sponsored links).
With google soon to bring out their own email, I can see google becoming an extremely wide used site (even more so than now) in the near future.
*Hopes for his first +5, Intresting*...
Re:Disappointed and then gleeful (Score:3, Informative)
Unfortunately they only run that promotion during the spring and summer...
Re:misleading title (Score:3, Informative)