http://bpwrap.disqus.com/Internet Marketing from a different point of viewenWed, 06 Dec 2006 10:16:34 -0000http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-2007168<p>I guess the search engines are hiding their local search capabilities for the present, since they're not too proud of them. Live/MSN for example forces you to go do a Map search. As you say, Bill, there's lots of potential demand here that is unfulfilled IMHO.</p>Barry WelfordWed, 06 Dec 2006 10:16:34 -0000http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2006/12/local-search-will-be-huge/#comment-2007169<p>As frustrating as local search is, trying to find local search results in a normal web search can be even more frustrating. The Microsoft patent application illustrates some of the difficulties of trying to understand a location intention in a user's query, but I'm not sure that the method described within the patent application is in place - a search through the <a href="http://live.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="live.com">live.com</a> SERPS leaves me no reason to believe so.</p><p>There is a lot of potential for local search. But I think that there's a lot of work on it that needs to be done before it will begin to reach its potential.</p>BillMon, 04 Dec 2006 18:54:20 -0000