Google Mobile Search Localized Suggestion List - Considers Boston Special for Some Reason

Google announced a new tweak to Google mobile searches last week…

Optimized Search Suggestions using your location

The basic tweak is to bump local search results items into the suggestion list. Google’s examples use the string “Muse” as search terms for a mobile device (Android or iPhone) in Boston and another device in San Francisco. The results show what appears to be museums in those two respective cities.

However, when I searched for “museum” (full word) in my home town (Honolulu), the “museum of fine arts boston” still shows up on the suggestion list.

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