I know that smart phones mean that we now carry the internet on out pockets. But do people research the internet when looking for a place to eat?

I have checked the net both at home on the PC looking for a place to eat, and while traveling using the hand held device Pete. So that makes one!

I recently established a web based portal which business will be made or broken purely on search engine traffic, so I might have some comments on the effectiveness of the net for business generation (as opposed to attracting work to my "shop front" business).