Restrict your search to a particular geographic area.

Click on the more » link above Google’s search box, then click on even more », and pick Local

or visit local.google.com and then enter in the Google Local search box:

• a location
  • [ Anchorage ]
  • [ 350 5th Ave, New York ]
• a business
  • [ restaurants near the Metropolitan Museum of Art ]
  • [ cafes ]
• directions
  • [ SJC to 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA ]
  • [ San Francisco to 94105 ]

Google Local, aka Search by Location, local.google.com, scouts the web for addresses and clues to pinpoint where things are located.

Not only is Search by Location good for finding businesses and landmarks, but it can find locations of places that aren’t listed in phonebooks. For example, you can find places that appeared in the film Sleepless in Seattle.

See these results on a map by clicking on the link just above your search results.

Exercises

This problem set gives you practice with using Google Local. For hints and answers to selected problems, see the Solutions page.

1. Find Thai restaurants in the zip code 94041 in Mountain View, California.

tags (keywords): driving directions, phone numbers, services, travel