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Google Local Launched In Canada

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the coming-to-a-browser-near-you dept.

Shiifty writes "Globe Technology is reporting that Google Local has gone live in Canada. Google.ca partnered with Yellowpages.ca to deliver local answers to search queries by cross referencing Google's 4 billion website database with Yellowpage's 2.4 million listings. Google cited a Kelsey Group study, which said that 25 per cent of all commercial on-line searches are now local in nature."

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  1. This is scary by superpulpsicle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Google is taking over the world faster than M$ nowadays.

  2. Turing test by BillsPetMonkey · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Proponents of the idea that google + "I'm Feeling Lucky" button could be a good contender in the Turing Test have been dismissed with "What if you ask google where your local chip shop is?"

    So it's scary and amazing that it could actually have an answer to that question.

    --
    "It's not your information. It's information about you" - John Ford, Vice President, Equifax
    1. Re:Turing test by temojen · · Score: 2, Interesting
      I Tried That.

      The results?

      A local medical clinic, A restaurant 3 hours away, a chip shop 3 hours away, A dermatologist in annother city, a shopping mall in annother city, a brewery, a local BnB, 2 more restaurants 3 hours away, and a lawyer.

      Oh, by the way, the local chip shop is across the street from my office.

  3. Doesn't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I looked up "plumber" in "windsor, on", of which I know there are about a dozen or more in the yellow pages, and the only ones that show up are across the border in Detroit. I'm sorry but I can't hire a U.S. plumber to work in Windsor - they would need a permit.