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Google Maps Blended With Search

Google Maps is now being bolstered by the list of suggestions that typically pop up whenever users enter text into Google's search bar. "As usual with Google these days, the search and the suggested search terms are tailored to your location," notes ReadWriteWeb. "The example given in Google's blog post is 'Mandela,' which in San Francisco comes up with a number of geographically relevant results and in London comes up with a completely different set of results."

The feature, which has been in testing in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, has been added to 10 more domains in 8 additional languages, and, according to ReadWriteWeb, "should make searching for places that much easier." The search suggestion will be available beginning today in China, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and, yes, the United States.

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