Intuit Labs, part of Intuit, owners of Turbo Tax, Quicken and QuickBooks, appears to be using Google Consumer Surveys to test a new ratings service for local merchants. A Zagat for hair salons and auto mechanics, as best we can tell.

And yes, like you, we have trouble reading the example that Intuit has placed in this Google Consumer Surveys question. Do not adjust your sets. The image is as blurry on the original as it appears on the reproduction above. That’s one of the limitations of Google Consumer Surveys that we have written about often.

Does this local-merchant ratings service seem like a good fit for Intuit? Let us know what you think.