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Monday
Mar012010

Google Nearby and Go Local

As Phil Bradley pointed out - Google has added a nearby feature.  Search for something like, say, 'eye clinics', click 'Show options' and then 'nearby' partway down the page, and you'll theoretically get a set of localized results.  For 'eye clinics', the results are good, mainly UM stuff, but an 'eye clinic' (singular) search offers a much less relevant (and not to mention crazy different) set of first pagers.  Using the 'custom location' to isolate results to mon city helps a bit (though, really, I should get local clinics near the top of my search anyway, with or without the uber-modern nearby feature).

Given the uncertain future of Go Local, this is at least one alternative for finding local health services.  (Another would be to go all alchemical on Go Local and transform it into a mobile app.  'Til then!)

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