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"The next time you do a Google search for a restaurant or hotel in a particular area, you're likely to find a little more in your search results. Google has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to bring AMBER Alerts to mobile and desktop platforms. \nThe AMBER Alerts will provide information about an abducted child and any other details about the case, based on your search location. So if you're using Google search to check out a new restaurant, or to get mapping directions, you'll also get an alert if a child has recently been reported missing in that area. You may also get info on the make and model of the vehicle the child was in last, or details on the alleged abductor.\nThe alerts are coordinated through the Google Public Alerts platform. Google says it's designed to raise awareness and get more people assisting in the search for missing children.\n\nSEE ALSO: Send Missing Child Alerts From Your Smartphone With Lost Kidz App \n\"By increasing the availability of these alerts through our services, we hope that more people will assist in the search for children featured in AMBER Alerts and that the rates of safe recovery will rise, said Google's Phil Coakley in a blog post.\n\nThis isn't the first use of social media in the quest to raise awareness about missing children. While Amber Alerts are US-based, Missing Children Europe recently partnered with other agencies to use 404 error messages on the web as a way to help locate missing children.\nWhat do you think of Google integrating Amber Alerts into your search results? Let us know in the comments. \nImage courtesy of Flickr, jeremytarlin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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