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Google UK local search

         

bathgrrrl

9:40 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Hello
Does anyone know when Google UK launched their local search UK beta site?

bathgrrrl

9:45 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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D'oh! Never mind, just saw that it was launched in April. Blimey, took me ages to see it!

ncw164x

9:54 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Where does it say April?

I was under the impression it was rolled out on the 3rd/4th Febuary, maybe I got it wrong?

bathgrrrl

10:04 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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[google.co.uk...]
For the UK, it has the PR date as April 19. Maybe the US one was rolled out in Feb?

ncw164x

10:12 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Hmm...there was a google update at the start of feb and I could of sworn the local was launched in beta that same day, maybe the date April 19, 2005 is when it came out of beta...

bathgrrrl

10:38 am on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Could they maybe have quietly done a soft beta launch before distributing apress release?

IanTurner

12:38 pm on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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The chance of Google managing anything without people noticing is almost impossible.

ncw164x

4:26 pm on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Yeah it possibly could of been a soft launch for them but it I was told it felt like a ton of bricks falling down on any site what had done local searching for years...still that's progress for you making the web a better place for everyone.

bathgrrrl

4:43 pm on Jun 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

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How good is their local search abilities? Has anyone really put it to the test

kapow

11:31 am on Jul 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

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The map system is excellent!

- For 'Keyword keyword town' many towns don't bring up the local search.
- 'Keyword keyword postcode-area' brings up local search for every area (as far as I can tell).

My site doesn't come up at all for local search, I submitted it to Yell.com a couple of months ago. Does anyone know:
- if all sites in Yell.com will appear for local search?
- how long it takes after submission?

batgirl13uk

9:33 am on Jul 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

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SO would you reccomend submitting to Yell then for local UK sites?