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Mobile Search with My Location

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

Friday, September 12, 2008
15 years ago2,354 views

<< Previously, when you went to google.com from your phone’s browser and performed a local search, the results were tailored to the last location you entered. Now, using the Gears Geolocation API, Search with My Location approximates your actual location using the same Cell ID technology used by Google maps for mobile. So if you want to find sushi nearby, just type "sushi" and Google will return local business listings around you. If you want to know the forecast, type "weather". If you want to search somewhere else, specify a location in the query like "pizza Kansas City". >>

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/09/introducing-mobile-search-with-my.html

So far they say this will only work in the US and UK.

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