Comments on: Local Search Will Be Huge http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/ Internet Marketing And SEO From A Different Point Of View Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Barry Welford http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-9120 Barry Welford Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:16:34 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-9120 I guess the search engines are hiding their local search capabilities for the present, since they're not too proud of them. Live/MSN for example forces you to go do a Map search. As you say, Bill, there's lots of potential demand here that is unfulfilled IMHO. I guess the search engines are hiding their local search capabilities for the present, since they’re not too proud of them. Live/MSN for example forces you to go do a Map search. As you say, Bill, there’s lots of potential demand here that is unfulfilled IMHO.

]]> By: Bill http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-8995 Bill Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:54:20 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-8995 As frustrating as local search is, trying to find local search results in a normal web search can be even more frustrating. The Microsoft patent application illustrates some of the difficulties of trying to understand a location intention in a user's query, but I'm not sure that the method described within the patent application is in place - a search through the live.com SERPS leaves me no reason to believe so. There is a lot of potential for local search. But I think that there's a lot of work on it that needs to be done before it will begin to reach its potential. As frustrating as local search is, trying to find local search results in a normal web search can be even more frustrating. The Microsoft patent application illustrates some of the difficulties of trying to understand a location intention in a user’s query, but I’m not sure that the method described within the patent application is in place - a search through the live.com SERPS leaves me no reason to believe so.

There is a lot of potential for local search. But I think that there’s a lot of work on it that needs to be done before it will begin to reach its potential.

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