3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a second search query from the geographic region; obtaining initial result scores for search results responsive to the second search query; determining that the second search query matches the search query; determining that at least one of the search results responsive to the second search query is a local search result, and boosting the initial result score for the local search result.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein boosting the initial result score for the local search result comprises boosting the initial result score using a boost factor that is proportional to an amount by which the geo-query count for the search query exceeds the expected query count for the search query.