Employing mobile location to refine searches

A system that is operative to manage a search query over a network, comprising:

• a client device that is configured and arranged to enable actions, including:
• sending a search query over the network;
• and
• receiving a search result based on the refined search query;
• and
• a network device that is configured and arranged to perform actions, including:
• receiving the search query from the client device;
• parsing the search query into at least one primary search term, and zero or more location modifiers;
• if a location modifier is parsed from the search query:
• determining a physical location based, in part, on the location modifier,
• refining the search query based on the at least one primary search term and the determined physical location;
• and
• performing a search using the refined search query.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for managing a search query over a network, the computer-executable instructions when installed onto a computing device enable the computing device to perform actions, comprising:

• receiving a search query from a client device;
• parsing the search query into at least one primary search term, and zero or more location modifiers;
• determining a physical location based, in part, on the zero or more location modifiers;
• refining the search query based on the at least one primary search term and the determined physical location;
• and
• performing a search using the refined search query.

A method of performing a search query over a network, comprising:

• sending, from a mobile device, a search query having a primary search term;
• determining, by the server device, a physical location based, in part, on zero or more implicit location modifiers within the search query;
• refining, by the server device, the search query based on the primary search term and the determined physical location;
• performing at least one search using the refined search query;
• and
• providing at least one search results to the mobile device over the network.