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ForumsI was playing with some of Google’s experimental offerings and found that they can display their search engines results on a Google maps. One of their examples was to show all the American PGA tours on a map and I thought “I wonder if it could do the same with computer repair stores?” – turns out it can.
To view computer repair businesses near you, visit this link. For this example I used the suburb of Anaheim in California. Just replace anaheim with your own suburb. This works in other countries other than America as well. It will only list computer repair stores that have a website which have their postal address on it. Still, a pretty neat tool.
No wonder business is slow, there are 13 shops within 10 miles of me. Thats not even counting the 20 or so people who are in the local classifieds that don’t have shops.
Wow that is a helpful tool. Not only to look up your businesses competitors but also to look up your options as a consumer. I like checking all my price options for services and products but often know only one or two places to look. This tool could prove very useful
It’s a great idea. Having your computer down during the important time is very annoying…Computer now is a vital component of any kind of business. Thanks for the info.
Google maps and local search are really helpful in finding good local businesses. I say good because most fly-by-night companies aren’t going to take the time, nor do they have the know how to get listed.
good information….you can easily locate anyting with Google maps and local search…now world become very small…
Just a heads up for those of you with your own businesses…
It’s very easy to get listed on the Google Local Business directory, it’s free and you can select up to five services (for example Computer Services:Repair, Computer Services:Networking, etc.)
It only take about 5 to 10 minutes to set up. The downside is that according to Google they only update their maps with business every four weeks, so you might have to wait.