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Local: Search by Location

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 […]

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This page was last modified on: Tuesday March 13, 2007

Shortcut: Street Maps

Want to find where something is or how to get there? Instead of visiting an online map-providing service, just enter an address into Google. You can also copy and paste addresses, even ones with embedded carriage returns, into Google’s search box. When Google recognizes your query as a location, the results page includes links to […]

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This page was last modified on: Tuesday March 13, 2007

Going Directly to the First Result

Click on the I’m Feeling Lucky button on Google’s home page to go directly to the first result for your query. Instead of showing you a list of pages, Google sends you immediately to the result that may be most relevant to your query. For example, if you enter the query [ california driving ] (without the […]

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This page was last modified on: Tuesday March 13, 2007

Favorite Shortcuts

Note: Nancy uses this page for presentations on her favorite Google features. You can find more information about these features in other sections of Google Guide.

Google provides shortcuts for finding commonly sought utilities and information, which you may have previously found offline or on specialized sites.

Want Driving Directions?
Enter a U.S. street address, including zip code or city/state.

  

Clicking on a map-provider link takes you to a map showing the location result and links to driving directions.

Need a US […]

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This page was last modified on: Friday February 2, 2007


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