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Google Adds Local Restaurant Search Suggestion to Top of Search Results

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Google has added a new alert to their search results, suggesting that people use Google search to find local restaurants, going so far as suggesting a search query to do so.  And most mysteriously, it shows up for completely unrelated – and non-local – queries.

Here is what it looks like:

As you can see, the search query had nothing to do with a local related search, but Google showed the suggestion.

The suggestion wasn’t clickable at all, so you weren’t able to click on it and go to a query for “restaurants nearby”, you would still need to do it.  It is also interesting that Google decided to do this late at night – it might have had a better reception if they had used the prompt before or dinnertime.

Thank you Kristine Schachinger for sending this to The SEM Post.

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Jennifer Slegg is a longtime speaker and expert in search engine marketing, working in the industry for almost 20 years. When she isn't sitting at her desk writing and working, she can be found grabbing a latte at her local Starbucks or planning her next trip to Disneyland. She regularly speaks at Pubcon, SMX, State of Search, Brighton SEO and more, and has been presenting at conferences for over a decade.

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