When talking about Mobile Search, Google says that 30% of searches are location-related. In addition, some literature has been written about the importance of real-time geolocation to converse with potential customers, impacting them in the very moment when they hit geo-fences around local stores. This is a rational based on the assumption that proximity is/was the new promised land to engage with customers. However, there is a third element that clearly brings tangible value

Local is all around us, from a coffee shop, to a pharmacy, a supermarket, a restaurant, a park, a repair shop, a gas station, to basically every single point of interest we may encounter on a daily basis. The information we know about all these places and the way we navigate our day may be very much related. Today, both big and small cities have a life of its own; their behavior, their trends, their habits, they all define patterns and construct their very own DNA. Having sai