• Bruce Clay , Monday, August 10, 2009 2:46 PM

Virginia Nussey caught up with Kelsey Group Senior Analyst Michael Boland to discuss the convergence of phones and local search during a panel at Search Engine Strategies. Making it more interesting is that on mobile phones, people look for physical locations, rather than online destinations, she writes.

Nussey also talks with Borland about the movement of desktop to Web-based applications, which allows easy access from mobile smart phones. Borland calls it "mobile Web 2.0." He says "more capable Web browsers" will drive the shift, pointing to the iPhone V3.0 software, which came with a more functional version of the Safari Web browser. Emerging Web browsers will have features previously reserved for "native apps."

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