Google Makes Discovering Local Businesses Easy With ‘Near Me Now’

News | Monday January 4 2010 6:11 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , ,

To access this feature from Google's website, users will have to turn their location setting on. Tapping on the '
' link offers a list of businesses categorized as Restaurants, Coffee Shops,etc. These results are pulled from Google's Local listings which is complete with contact information, directions and reviews. '
” option that lists businesses that are within a few blocks away from the user's location.
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Google’s ‘Favorite Places’ Lets You Scan Businesses For Information – Fails To Impress

News | Wednesday December 9 2009 6:25 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Starting this week, Google has mailed window stickers to a few 100,000 local businesses all over US. These window stickers contain barcodes to uniquely identify the place. Google calls these businesses '
'. If your iPhone has one of the barcode reading apps, all you need to do is scan the barcode (called QR codes) and you will be able to read all important information about the business like phone number, directions, reviews from other Google (more…)