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New: Google Lets You Bookmark Local Places From Search Results

Clicking on the star icon adjacent to a place name in local box saves the location to Maps and directions suggestions.

Martin Beck on May 4, 2015 at 7:34 pm

Google is making it easier to bookmark places you want to map now or visit later, by giving users the ability to save places from the Google local box in search results.

Google has added a star icon adjacent to the place name in the local box, a Google spokesperson confirmed: “When you click on the star icon, your saved place will appear on your map, in your search and directions suggestions, and under the ‘your places’ tab of Google Maps.”

The change isn’t live for everyone but here’s how it looks on desktop results for a Los Angeles hotel:

The feature is also available on mobile devices. Here’s how it looks on Chrome on an Android device when searching for some taco options:

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Martin Beck

Martin Beck is Third Door Media's Social Media Reporter, covering the latest news for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. He spent 24 years with the Los Angeles Times, serving as social media and reader engagement editor from 2010-2014. A graduate of UC Irvine and the University of Missouri journalism school, Beck started started his career at the Times as a sportswriter and copy editor. Follow Martin on Twitter (@MartinBeck), Facebook and/or Google+.