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Goog-411: Free Local Info

By NikNik · April 26, 2007

Next time you find yourself on the road and in need of local information, try Goog-411 (Google’s Voice Local Search). It may be in it’s experimental stage, but I found it to be easy to use, and on target. You can try this service by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone. Oh, and it’s free!

When your call is answered, the service asks your city and state (only US business listings), after which you are asked, “What business name or category?” I searched a specific business name in my city. After being provided with the address and phone number, I could choose to be connected directly, or get the details by SMS if using a mobile phone by saying “text message”.

I called the service a 2nd time to search by category and asked for “restaurants”. This time I was provided with a list of top restaurants in my city (#1: Excellent Restaurant, #2: Great Restaurant, #3: Really Good Restaurant, and so on). At any time, I could choose to go back to a specific restaurant by selecting its number. And all their choices for my city were surprisingly right on!

Google says they are “fine-tuning the service to get better at recognizing your requests”. Even still, it’s worth a try! 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411)

If your business information is not available, click here. You can add and update your business info. You can even add a coupon. (i.e. Great place for marketing ideas like Free Home Valuation, Home By Email feature etc.)


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4 Responses to “Goog-411: Free Local Info”

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  1. john harper on April 26th, 2007 8:05 pm

    Reggie - cool! Just tried it out, thanks for the heads up.h

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  3. James Klobasa on April 26th, 2007 8:20 pm

    Hey nice work…
    I may just drop this story on my blog, I’ll link it back here…hope you don’t mind!

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  5. Franco on May 2nd, 2007 7:21 am

    Hi…I like your blog. Real cool and looks professional. Well done. Lots of good stuff.

    Warmest regards,

    Franco

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