Google updates mobile search to improve your ability to find a good steakhouse
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Once you click on a promising-looking restaurant or business and you are pushed darn near instantly to a page that has most of the information available, include the address (and distance from you), hours of business, an “at a glance” description, and links to making reservations and (in the case of restaurants) a link to their menu. Continue scrolling down to start seeing reviews.
Want to compare your first pick to other nearby restaurants? Rather than having to go back to the main list, you can just swipe left and right to move between the pages for each business. How smooth this is depends somewhat on your connection speed, but on WiFi or LTE it almost felt like using a native app as you swiped between results.
The new location search does feel particularly tailored to restaurants, and we expect that searching for local grub is one of the most common types of place-searchers that mobile users do. But the overall experience is great no matter who you are searching for, and shows that a well-executed web experience really can challenge a native app for responsiveness and usability.
Android and iOS users should see this rolled out worldwide already, so next time you’re on a business trip, whether in London, Rio de Janeiro, or Chicago you can give Google's improved locations search a shot to discover some good eats.
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source: Google via The Verge
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11 Comments
1. 1ceTr0n posted on 28 May 2012, 12:01 4 0
When I went exploring Portland last year to look around and see about moving there, google was really handy to have on my Droid X to find local sites, eateries and nav directions on how to get to places in that big and complex city for a small town boy like me was a big help
Now armed with a Galaxy Note, im ready for even more exploring later this year!
7. Ubi2447 posted on 28 May 2012, 22:10 1 0
Portland is a great place to live. Lived there my whole life and Portland and the area surrounding it is worth it. Hope it all works out for you!
8. 1ceTr0n posted on 28 May 2012, 23:47 0 0
Why you move away? Also, is the weather really as bad as I've heard?
3. Mxyzptlk posted on 28 May 2012, 14:10 0 5
Such an exciting update. Couldn't use the browser for that at all. Plus people with Android phones tend to be of lower incomes. I doubt many could afford the luxury of a steak.
4. Robert235 posted on 28 May 2012, 16:10 4 1
sounds like a iphone user,we android user are smart enough not blow $500 a year over igarbage,have fun with your safari browser and mediocre phone.
5. Mxyzptlk posted on 28 May 2012, 17:52 0 6
At least the iPhone can last two years unlike a typical Android phone which would be lucky to last six months.
10. Borrie69 posted on 29 May 2012, 07:48 1 0
Your twisted and retarded view of life and the world isn't considered truth. Granted in your small mind where unicorns and pixie dust exist it is the truth, but for those of us who do hold some form of intelligence know that what you are saying is a load of horse s**t.
11. Mxyzptlk posted on 29 May 2012, 10:41 0 0
you mad bro?
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