The New Google Mobile Local - Getting to the Directions

Getting to the directions is fairly simple. Clicking an entry will provide a page with more information and a map automatically zoomed in on the selection. Clicking on the link just below the logo, “}} Driving Directions,” will copy the address of the business you are viewing into the driving directions form. Just make sure your starting address is correct, and then click “Get Directions.” The search engine will return a simple page of text directions. There is not a detailed map with a highlighted route as there is on the browser search engine, but the numbered list is adequate for anyone on the road. It includes turns, roads, and distances.

While this feature is still new, it doesn’t display any ads or require a click-to-call fee. The charge for using Google’s mobile features depends on the data access plan for the user’s cell phone. And thanks to Google’s trimmed down look, there aren’t a lot of unnecessary kilobytes wasted on using the feature. This isn’t to say that the mobile search won’t have ads or fees in the future. Text ads based on page content, such as those that appear in Google searches and Gmail, would not seem out of the question for Google to implement.

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