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I’ve speculated a couple of times in the past that Google’s entry into the “free DA” space had little to do with a business intention to compete with free 411 services, but rather a strategic development initiative that aims to construct a voice vocabulary.

Huzzah! Location-based search is at hand and it’s already helping to take some of the minor hassles I experience when I travel. For example, when one of the young people in my life call their older dude buddy “Jim” and asked “if I’d take them shooting again.”             The specific problem that

Huzzah! Location-based search is at hand and it’s already helping to take some of the minor hassles I experience when I travel. For example, when one of the young people in my life call their older dude buddy “Jim” and asked “if I’d take them shooting again.”             The specific problem that

Google is bringing its 411 service, which I didn't even know existed until now, to Canada. Call the number (1-800-GOOG-411), and you can find business listings anywhere, for free. As a "cute" add-on, Google claims to have engineered GOOG-411 for "Canadian English" with words like "eh", "Traw-na", and "aboot".

It’s been several months since we’ve heard much of anything about Google’s 411 service. The company has kept somewhat mum about the project. As of December 2007, it was reportedly unprofitable. But hey, maybe that’s the cost of going free with information which used to cost callers when seeking phonebook listings.

Goog-411 finds way to Canada Digg / Tech Industry News Sun, 06/22/2008 - 03:18 Today Google Inc. launched a Canadian version of its voice-recognition local search phone service GOOG-411. Canada becomes the first country outside the U.S. to gain access to the service.

According to stats from Nielsen Mobile, search giant Google has managed to dominate the online mobile search market in the first quarter of 2008. Google succeeded in topping the list by capturing 61% of the Mobile Search Market followed by Yahoo and Microsoft with 18% and 5% respectively.

IPO: Free 411 (.com) 1-800-FREE411 offers free directory assistance calls in exchange for playing two audio ads, one before the caller asks for the number and one before the number is given. Its Free411 service gets 20 million calls a month. That is 40 million advertising opportunities a month.

David Mihm gaves SEs the 411 on how to improve their 411. Lame puns aside (I take full responsibility), David's really got some fresh insights that all search marketing pros should look at! 1 Vote(s)