Another New Google Patent

Dealing with Geo-identifying webpages

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] In accordance with one aspect, a method may include identifying a set of web documents; identifying geographic location identifiers included within at least some of the plurality of web documents; assigning the identified geographic location identifiers to web documents that include the identified geographic location identifiers; and assigning the identified geographic location identifiers to other web documents based on a relevancy of the web documents including a geographic location identifier to the other web documents.

[0011] According to another aspect, a system may include means for identifying a set of web documents; means for identifying a geographic location identifier included within a first geographic document in the plurality of web documents; and means for assigning the identified geographic location identifier to a second web document in the plurality of web documents that based on a relevancy of the first web document to the second web document.

Full Patent [appft1.uspto.gov]

I wasn't brave enough to decipher the legal speak, but local search and geo-identifying websites is certainly no trivial thing. Then again, could just be another nice G smokescreen:)