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Even with company names, they do a pretty poor job. Though it is getting better. For example, a month or so back a search for "Northern Brewer" (homebrew stor
by bunderbunder 14y ago
Even with company names, they do a pretty poor job. Though it is getting better.
For example, a month or so back a search for "Northern Brewer" (homebrew store chain) made when I'm physically only about 2 miles away from their Milwaukee location would return only the location of their flagship store in the Twin Cities. Which I suppose is technically a correct result, but it's a little galling to have regressed to a mapping app that doesn't even understand concepts as basic as, "When I just enter a business's name all by itself, it just might be reasonable to assume I was looking for a local place."
Some are still really bad. A search for the Miller Brewery's bar, Miller Inn, produces a single result for a business called Fabric Inn in Miller, South Dakota.