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Our Blogs The BeerFiles Google Voice Local Search the stuff of carrier nightmares | Google Voice Local Search the stuff of carrier nightmares |
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 10 April 2007 | |
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Users can either say a business name or ask for listings of businesses under a category, choose one and be directly connected for free. Alternatively, mobile phone users can request details by SMS. The data is provided from the Google Maps. From most accounts, the new Google service is more like an alpha product than a beta. Sometimes it works well; sometimes it works imperfectly; and sometimes it doesn't work at all. However, like many of Google's works in progress, Google Voice Local Search has a market and is bound to get better. Google hasn't said how the new service is going to be monetized but you can bet your bottom dollar it will be an advertising based business model. The only downside is that users will probably still have to pay the cost of a phone call through their carrier. Yes, phone companies may utter "Google Shmoogle" with disdain outwardly but in reality services like Google Voice Local Search is the stuff of their nightmares.{moscomment}
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