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Google's Stealth Coupon Search Upgrade

Digging around for info on the Google Coupons feature of Google Maps led Mike Blumenthal to what seems like a newly upgraded user interface. Searchers can make coupon-only queries for "dog grooming" in "Daytona, FL" or "airport taxi service" in "07342."

The service may not be new, but it is decidedly stealthy -- and along with Google's registration of the Google-Coupons.com and CouponGoogle.com domain names, may mark the first signs of a major, coupon-based local search upgrade. For local advertisers, this would mean adding coupons to their growing list of indexable organic and paid search assets.

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