» second tier search engine http://www.thesemfirm.com Thu, 21 May 2009 18:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Three Local Search Wishes Granted from GenieKnows http://www.thesemfirm.com/index.php/2008/06/18/three-local-search-wishes-granted-from-genieknows/ http://www.thesemfirm.com/index.php/2008/06/18/three-local-search-wishes-granted-from-genieknows/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:17:13 +0000 Hayden Dell http://www.thesemfirm.com/?p=3 GenieKnows is one of many second tier search engines struggling to differentiate itself from the Big Three search engines. It has been difficult to find chinks in the armor of behemoth search giant Google but GenieKnows is throwing down the gauntlet in local search. I have spent the past few weeks running the GenieKnows local search engine through the paces. Although it isn’t perfect it certainly grants a few of the wishes that those of us searching for a nearby Chinese delivery joint or a better place to bring our dry cleaning.

I Live in Springfield!

Firstly, for those of you that live in the many different cities of Springfield in the United States, GenieKnows has you covered. When you search “dentist Springfield” it will sniff your IP address and return results for your location … something that Google Maps has yet to master.

Proximity Drilling

The GenieKnows map interface is simple to use and makes drilling down to the most relevant location for your search needs easy:
GenieKnows simple drill down map interface
This interface allows you to drill down to the general location you are interested in. No one wants to drive 30 miles in LA traffic to pick up pizza!

Nice Tidy Categories

GenieKnows provides nice, tidy categories related to the search that you have made, just in case you weren’t really looking for pizza. Maybe you actually have a hankering for some Italian food but your fingers just didn’t know it as you were typing.

Yes Sirree, with GenieKnows all of your wishes can come true.

Submit your business to local search and start using the local search engine at GenieKnows.

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