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Google: localized results without specifying location

Normally when making a usual web search using Google, the user enters a category and location. For some time, results have been appearing on Google, including Maps in the search results (see our report). This now functions in many cases without specifying your location.

As discussed by software engineers Jenn Taylor and Jim Muller in the official Google Blog, Google now guesses the location of the user and displays results from the surroundings. To do so, the IP address of the computer is used. For those people wanting results for other cities or locations, the user can click “Ort ändern” [en=change location] on the right hand side above the map view. Results can be even more specific with the entry of a postal code.

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