Members of local search and rescue squads are usually happy to render this voluntary service.
The deep search functionality in ForeverMap 2 enables route calculation, local search, address search and category search.
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With the addition of smartphones, the volume of local search nearly triples, to 13.5 local searches per week.
The local search experience is also about what the user can accomplish within the flow of the results.
As mobile devices get smarter and more geo-aware, local search will become even more important and lucrative, analysts say.
Although nobody likes to see unflattering reviews, right now, quantity means more than quality in the local search algorithm.
Of the 4 billion monthly online searches, roughly 1.1 billion involve local search.
Mr McClendon himself acknowledges "local advertising is going to be a critical part of any mapping or local search experience".
In pushing local search, it also added a desktop-based search even for people who are not logged in to Foursquare.
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The Apple maps will include a local search feature, integrated with Yelp, that already has 100 million business listings, Forstall says.
When Google quit China, it left local search market to rival Baidu.
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Where, a local search and coupons service, introduced a service that sends users periodic text messages with deals around their current location.
Get comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps with built-in Google local search, voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, public transit directions, Street View and more.
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By removing barriers and friction, always-on devices increase the incidence and frequency of local search, at home as well as on the go.
According to him, local search requires the right combination of a myriad factors, such as Yellow Pages, personal reviews, mapping and even social networking.
You have Nissan, which is introducing the 8th generation of its NissanConnect system that includes integration with Google local search and Pandora music.
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It also facilitates the delivery of other online information, such as real-time gas prices, weather forecasts and points of interest search powered by Google Local Search.
Yahoo has come closest to building a big local search ad business with its two-year-old consortium of 784 newspapers that swap ads and links with the portal.
Local Scout provides suggestions and prioritized local search results on restaurants, shopping and things to do so you can live like a local no matter where you are.
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However, the problem is that local search is exceedingly complex.
No doubt, there are other interesting players in local search.
Local search, the device enables owners to tap into an always up-to-date database of local information, rendering obsolete the war over which device has the most millions of points-of-interest.
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The service, which Apple has been developing for years, has a mode for viewing areas in three-dimensions, along with a local search service and turn-by-turn driving directions for in-car use.
Mr. Ng's business model is under fire by more than a dozen aggressive new competitors, says Vienna Lee of Squarefoot.com.hk, which runs a popular local search engine for these apartments.
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Google has rolled out applications that enhance shopping on-the-go including indoor maps as well as mobile coupons and targeted local search with rich data such as inventory, store hours, and consumer reviews.
For some experiences, such as turn-by-turn navigation or local search, location is the central feature, but increasingly, new types of applications in music, sports, and entertainment are incorporating location to personalize content delivery.
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China, unlike North Korea, has a vast network of "netizens" but they operate on home grown sites like Weibo, the Twitter equivalent microblogging site, and Baidu, a local search engine that is more popular than Google.
The Yellow Pages Association (also known as the Local Search Association), which is the trade organization for the phone book industry, counters that phone books are in fact made only from recycled paper and sawdust.
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