April 23, 2008 Listing pages have a "side box" titled "Around Here" which shows nearby T stop, cross street, and anything tagged "visible landmark" nearby. We've added two new items to this box, a link for nearby parking (easy) and a link to see "similar listings" (not so easy). You can see similar listings nearby or elsewhere, in the latter case you can enter an address. This is handy if you love the unique blend of things that is the Appleton Bakery Cafe but you're in Newton and you want something like it. Or at least it will be when we have a lot more tags (ahem, now is a good time to tag your favorite businesses!) and our algorithms have something to chew on. Right now, McDonalds is really similar to the Appleton Bakery, and while I do love the fries, we all know this isn't a great result. The way the scoring works is that for every tag they share, they get points. The number of points is based on how common the tag is. So for restaurants, they probably get 1 point, while for hamburgers they may get 10, and for cupcakes they'd get more. I think we have some fine tuning to do with the algorithm, perhaps subtracting points for non-shared tags, but it's a start and we find it an interesting way to navigate listings. Enjoy!