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Google’s Petrol Price Tracker Gadget For iGoogle Tells You Where To Fill Up

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6:12PM September 24, 2008 | Nick Broughall

Google gets it. They understand. While they’re thinking about starting their own countries and creating a whole new mobile platform (and rolling around on rollerblades while doing it), they understand that regular folk are struggling, especially at the petrol pump.

That’s why they’ve launched a gadget for iGoogle which tells you the price of any petrol station in Australia. They update the information twice daily – so the information is going to be fairly accurate – and you can search either by suburb, price or brand.

You can download the gadget for your iGoogle homepage here. It’s a free download, so there isn’t any reason why you shouldn’t use it, unless of course you prefer to walk or catch public transport. In which case – kudos to you for being better than the rest of us…

[Google Australia Blog via Lifehacker]


Comments

  • Lachlan H

    September 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM

    It tells me to drive 26km to get petrol? I dont think its working yet!

  • toastie

    September 24, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    Ooooooh these guys are good!

  • dick

    September 24, 2008 at 10:11 PM

    Except of course it doesn’t work in Cairns, Townsville, or indeed many places.

  • ken

    September 25, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    well.. the WAian gets FUELWATCH :)

  • JB

    September 25, 2008 at 8:57 AM

    ‘any petrol station in Australia’? Except if you live outside of metro areas. Like most Australians do.

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