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Jonesing for Something Open

by Jerry West on March 7, 2011

How many times have you needed to find a store, bank, post office, restaurant, dry cleaners, hair salon, coffee shop, taco stand, etc. that was open NOW? We’ve all been in that position either on holidays, weekends, during road or business trips, and later in the evening when places start to close.

Google’s mobile search has a new feature called Open Now. It allows iPhone and Android users to filter search results by establishments that are presently open. Users can also search by distance and review rating.

Source: Google Mobile Blog

How does Google know your business hours? You tell them–via your Google Places page. If you have a brick and mortar store, or your clients do, be sure this information is up-to-date.

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Sam Poulter May 21, 2012 at 11:58 am

This is an awesome idea, I can’t count the number of times I’ve been jonesing for a bite to eat late at night but have been too reluctant to leave due to not knowing what was open and closed.

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