As each day goes by, we are gradually finding that mobile phone carriers are slowly phasing out ‘regular’ mobile phones – especially in Europe and the US, so it is bound to follow on in Australia too. Just walk into your local Vodafone store and you will be bombarded by with phones with some very impressive features with regards to ‘live searches’. The shift has happened so quickly that now Google and other search engines have created search engines especially for these types of devices.

In Google’s own words Google Mobile Search is the fastest way to search by voice, and local search. Therefore, it is as important as ever to tune your website and Google business listing for local searches – local seo is a vital part of producing well qualified localised results.

http://www.google.com/mobile/ – Google search technology with potent local search. Get Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube and other Google products on your mobile device.

http://mobile.yahoo.com/go – You’ll find the best of Yahoo! Local—including local listings, arranged by distance and user ratings—for at-a-glance viewing on your phone. Get addresses, click-to-call numbers, turn-by-turn driving directions and maps.
Yahoo! Go integrates Yahoo! Local search technology.

http://www.livesearchmobile.com/ – Find local businesses and restaurants, and click to call them.