| Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| Local Search by SMS - Google |
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 Google has unveiled local search on Mobile for Indians by means of SMS. The short code for this search is 54664. To test this service I sent a message "North Indian Food, Jaynagar Bangalore". [See the left screen shot captured from Sent messages on Mobile]. I received 3 messages in reply and the result set consists of all the good restaurants and none ordinary [maybe they are not included in the local listing ?] The cost of SMS on Airtel is Rs 2 and incoming messages are FREE. Check out charges and operator compatibility on Google. You can also personalize this service according to your needs.
 Purposely, I had misspelt Jayanagar and Google did correct it while it fetched the results for me [See screen shot on the right]. Google already has local search for the web and it includes listing from review sites such as Burrp! :-) So Google is now competing directly with JustDial, OnYoMo and R World - Slukeha local search. However, we find the OnYoMo WAP site much more convenient and economical if you have GPRS enabled. |
Published on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 9:26 AM  |
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