 <p>I think you must ask google about the way they get their results, but I don't think that maps.google.com is a simple implementation of the Maps-API/Services.</p> <p>However, <a href="https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search#TextSearchRequests" rel="nofollow">textSearch</a> will give you the result: <a href="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?key=yourKey&amp;sensor=false&amp;radius=50000&amp;location=40.338254%2C-74.585292&amp;query=storybook+land" rel="nofollow">https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?key=yourKey&amp;sensor=false&amp;radius=50000&amp;location=40.338254%2C-74.585292&amp;query=storybook+land</a></p>