Let say you travel a lot, often to different place, so you end up looking for restaurants, ATM, even hotels, parks, and places to have some fun. Or you looking for a nightlife spot in you city, yellow pages may be a good source if this was 1990, but today with the information highway (internet) now available, a 5 month old review of a bar on a web site is too old for us to decide if we are going there or not.
Businesses, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, among others are using social bookmarking, Geo tagging, twitter, Facebook, and the entire web space to broadcast themselves live. Some android apps developers are tapping into these readily available information to feed users about buzzing locations in their cities. Android phone users employ these apps daily in deciding where to go have fun. On these apps, look out for local events, browse area classified ads, shop for deals, or meet others nearby, and do all of these right from your droid, htc hero, eris, G1, cliq or any android phone. Looking for any place or thing in your area? Here are the best android apps for local search.

Best android apps for local search

1.
Aloqa
Get real real time local recommendations on your android phone with Aloqa. Wherever you are, based on your preferences and social graph, you can simply glance at your phone and find your favorite restaurant, events, coffee shop, parks, bars, night clubs, businesses, and more without having to launch a browser or do a Google search. Aloqa channels put this information on your finger tips. It also shows your Facebook friends who are close by. This apps is very detail and very customizable.

2.
WHERE
Restaurant reviews, movies, local news, gas prices, weather, and your friends’ location… WHERE has it all. WHERE is great travel companion and one of the most complete local search utility. This app helps you discover places and things and connect with people around you. Where support both text and voice search. Find gas prices, yellow pages information, news headlines, movie show times, Yelp listings, and ZipCar. Truely a bundle of local information.

3.
Buzzd
Use the “buzzdmeter” to see which restaurants, bars, clubs in your city, your neighborhood or within walking distance are hot RIGHT NOW based on real-time posts from Twitter and buzzd feed. Available for 30 cities. Check buzzd.com for complete list of cities covered.

4
Yelp
Yelp is one of the leading local review sites, and their service is now on android. Looking for a restaurant or business nearby? The closest gas station for a quick fill? Yelp for Android is here to help. Use Yelp to search for places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play. Read reviews from an active community of locals who had visited the spot before.

5.
Foursquare
Foursquare helps you find new ways to explore your city. See where your friends are, learn about the places they frequent and unlock rewards as you travel through the city.

You don’t have to be bored in your own city or the city you are visiting for that matter, get one or two of these apps and go explore the city more… android people. You can also check local listing pebblebox.