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The best analysis I've heard of this is: "Location is a much poorer indication of intent than Search."
by sanj 19y ago
The best analysis I've heard of this is:
"Location is a much poorer indication of intent than Search."
- ph0rque 19y agoYes, but a combination of search and location will beat just search any day.
- sanj 19y agoOnly when location it is relevant. I'd hazard that 95% of the time that I search, I don't care about location. Pretty much everyone will ship to where I am. Here's the thing: I believe that location-based apps are more about pushing local ads to users than they are about providing services. While that remains the case, they will be a nonstarter.
- ph0rque 19y agoTrue, but there's a blurry line between local ads pushed on users and local services provided to users.
- sanj 19y agoIt only seems blurry when you're pushing ads; I think that users find it pretty clear. I'd suggest that an example for "non-ad services" is CraigsList.
- rms 19y agoI'm looking forward to location based social networking. In the loopt trials, it was said that friends with loopt discovered that they were within a couple blocks of many of their friends even when they didn't expect it. I think if all my friends were running loopt or something similar it could change behavior in a positive way.
- nanijoe 19y agoI get pretty pissed off when my google search results come out in dutch just because I am sitting in an airport in Holland.
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- nickb 19y agoHow often do you search for something and need to input your location?! Looking for a restaurant or something? 99.99% of your searches don't benefit at all from location.