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Google
Local Search at http://local.google.co.in
is designed for Indian users to search for
locally relevant information like local
restaurants, shops, malls, hotels and other
businesses.
Meanwhile
Google Local Business Centre will help small
businesses add their information to Google
Local for free, thus giving them the required
visibility on the web.
The
software major has also launched Google
India labs, launched under the sub-domain
labs.google.co.in, which it describes as
a technology playground for products in
the process of development needing market
feedback for improvement.
The
India labs will showcase innovations relevant
to the local market and allow users to take
a peek into Google's future offerings. The
products will emerge from Google's global
research centres, including its R&D
centre in Bangalore and cater to the needs
of local users.
Currently
Google has seven such labs operating across
the US, China, France, Germany, Netherlands,
Spain and now India. The India labs will
also showcase the Indic on-screen keyboard
iGoogle gadget with the ability to type
search queries in 14 Indic languages.
The
gadget will enable users to type in Indic
languages by choosing letters from an on-screen
keyboard using a mouse. Users will be able
to add the gadget of their chosen language
to their personalised iGoogle home page
and use it to search for content in their
language.
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