Google: LocalOneBox with more links
For quite a while, Google’s regular web-search for local search-requests provided additional results generated through Google Maps, using the so-called Local OneBox. As of now, the number of displayed results has increased.
As of early 2007, Google has displayed its OneBox search results, parallel with the hits from Google Maps, with a map view, user-ratings of the discovered undertakings and links to route planning (see our post).
Google now displays up to ten local links, instead of the previous maximal three results. The reason for this is the result of analyzing user patterns. According to Greg Sterling of Search Engine Land, many users had not realized that in addition to the previously displayed three results, there were additional localized results in Google Maps. This was the case, even though there was a note below the three results, indicating the availability of additional information. Google hopes that users will now become aware of the expanded availability of local information that is only a click away.
Google: LocalOneBox with more links






