4. The method of claim 3 wherein the geographic range determination further comprises: assigning a value for each of the location bands, wherein the values represent a geographic range; multiplying the frequency in each of the location bands with the value of the location band associated with that frequency; and combining the multiplied values for the root term to form a local intent value, wherein the local intent value determines the geographic range.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the geographic range is determined based on a plurality of frequencies by which the root term is associated with a plurality of location bands in the query history of the root term, further wherein one of the plurality of frequencies of the root term is associated with one of the plurality of location bands.