Local Coupons by Google

I read an interesting article by Saul Hansel in the New York Times this morning. Google is getting into the local coupon business and tying it to their Google Maps service.

Starting today, Google will let any business offer discount coupons to people who use its Google Maps service, which also acts as an online yellow pages. A business will be able to upload information for coupons, including images, and Google will display a link to those coupons when the business name is displayed. Users can then print the coupons and take them to the merchant.

You can read the full article here.