The Internet giant Google introduced two updates for its mobile version at the Inside-Search-Event in San Francisco: shortcuts simplify the local search according to providers in the vicinity and suggested terms save the annoying process of manually typing in everything out, especially useful for longer searches.

Those who enter a href=http://www.google.com/>www.google.com into their mobile browser will see icons on the bottom of the start page that help users search quickly for restaurants, bars, gas stations, and other service providers in the vicinity. What else is new? In the results list, a map is displayed with the current position of the user as well as the results – and if users begin to scroll, the map adjusts itself accordingly. Clicking on a result displays additional information and ratings.

In addition, Google has integrated an additional function into its mobile version: as soon as users begin to type in a search, they receive recommended search options, and not just single words, but sentence fragments that can be added piece by piece. This feature, which has been available on Android and iOs-devices, can currently be used in the mobile browser of the smartphones.