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Web Search Finds Local Angle
News Industry executives say that such an effort could help search engines deliver more targeted, local results, but there would likely have to be adoption of a tagging standard to make it work. Metamend, based in Victoria, British Columbia, in Canada...
[February 17, 2003, 8:51]
Google Expands Local Search
News Google introduced on Tuesday two new search options for mobile phones. The services build on Google's existing mobile search efforts, which were launched in 2001. The Mountain View, California-based company lets people search its Web and images...
[April 13, 2005, 16:40]
Google UK Launches Maps And Local Search
News Revealed late on Tuesday, Google UK Maps and Local Search are two services built around an interactive map. The mapping service allows users to get accurate directions between two UK destinations while Local Search provides listings of local...
[April 20, 2005, 13:00]
Google UK Launches Maps And Local Search
Talkback I saw this a few days ago, it looks like Google are onto something. Shame that they thing the world consists of the USA.
[April 20, 2005, 22:48]
Google Improves Mobile Local Search
News Previously, to get local search results, a user would have to enter a postcode along with the search terms and then scroll down to the local business listings button. For instance, a search for a term such a restaurant, coffee shop or weather will...
[January 30, 2008, 12:15]
Google UK Launches Maps And Local Search
Talkback but this article reffers to the UK version, you're right though that the US map doesn't let you look at the buildings in detail
[April 20, 2005, 23:03]
Google Trials Chinese Business Search Site
News Google has launched a beta version of a service that allows Chinese Web surfers to search for businesses in their local area, according to reports. A rival search engine in China, Baidu.com, already offers a local search service.
[September 5, 2005, 18:15]
Microsoft Launches Mapping Beta
News Microsoft on Thursday will unveil a beta version of Windows Live Local, which is based on its Virtual Earth aerial image application and integrates local search, mapping, driving directions and yellow pages with a bird's-eye view of major US cities.
[December 8, 2005, 9:25]
BLAST Throughput Benchmarks: Mmap Versus Read
White Papers This paper presents a series of benchmarks carried out on IBM pSeries p655 1.1 GHz and p630 1.0 GHz using BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), one of the most popular and widely used programs for similarity searching.
[September 28, 2004, 0:00]
Councils Offered E-projects For Download
News Local authorities will be able to search and download products developed by the 22 National Projects for e-government through a catalogue set up by West Sussex County Council, it was announced on 22 March 2005.
[March 22, 2005, 12:35]
Windows Live Search Has Arrived
News Live.com will also be released from beta, as will Live Local Search, but only in the US and UK They are all part of Microsoft's new set of Internet services and software. Using the Virtual Earth platform, the new local search function lets users...
[September 12, 2006, 9:30]
Google Helps Advertisers Target Cities
News Last month, the Web search giant officially unveiled Google Local, a service that helps surfers find local businesses by typing in a search term and a city name. Google has been rapidly expanding local search during the past eight months.
[April 15, 2004, 13:50]
European Book Market Is In Google's Sights
News Google is making versions available in France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Spain that will allow users to search across collections of books in the local languages. Book results will also be integrated into Google...
[October 18, 2005, 18:20]
Overture Founder Set To Unveil New Search Venture
News In the last year, Yahoo, Google and InterActiveCorp's Citysearch.com have invested heavily in improving local-search services and mapping in order to lure new visitors and to begin to attract regional advertisers online.
[October 5, 2004, 10:40]
SCO Sets Up Linux-licence Shop
Talkback The SCO Group is effectively scamming Linux Users with a variation of the "Data Protection Scam" http://www.google.com/search? The SCO Group is effectively scamming Linux Users with a variation of the "Data Protection Scam" http://www.google.com...
[February 24, 2004, 8:05]
Google Links Search To Location
News Local search and advertising is also pegged in the financial community as a massive opportunity for major portals and search providers. The technology behind Google Search by Location is one of the first of its kind and is an exciting new direction...
[September 23, 2003, 10:10]
Zabidoo
Downloads Zabidoo for PC is your personal one-stop-shop to the best of the Web including: the very best websites and live feeds for shopping, info, and fun; a choice of search engines, price comparison sites, and local search for just about anything; the...
[May 7, 2008, 15:31]
Microsoft Shows Off Search Tool
News Microsoft had been expected to combine Web search with local PC search, but many had anticipated the move would come with Longhorn, the next version of Windows. Mehdi did not give specific details, but said the local hard drive search service would...
[July 30, 2004, 8:40]
Google Searches For Personal Connection
News The Web search giant previously unveiled Google Local, which aims to provide geography-specific search results, and also introduced its desktop toolbar search service. As the search wars intensify, Google hopes that making a personal connection...
[March 30, 2004, 15:05]
Google Bows To Chinese Censorship
News Google said on Tuesday it would launch versions of its search and news Web sites in China that censor material deemed objectionable to authorities there, reasoning that users getting limited access to content was better than none.
[January 25, 2006, 7:25]
