Doing a Google search for a business or location near you without entering a zip code or city has always been a bit of a crapshoot, with some results from nearby and others from places you’ve never heard of all jumbled in together. You could also forget about locating a specific Starbucks or In N Out without pawing through a ton of results. Now OS 3.0 has added the ability for websites, including Google to use your location to display results that are closest to you first, which is fantastic.

In order to use the location aware services, you need to opt-in by visiting google.com in Safari on your iPhone and clicking the My Location link just below the search box. The iPhone will ask you to allow Google to use your location, and then it will grab your current location and pop it up below the box. Then, when you search for something, it will use your location to search for results nearest to you first, placing them at the top of your search results!