Comments on: Google launches 800GOOG411 http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Goodbye to GOOG-411 and Biddy-Biddy-Boop: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-292643 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-292643 [...] launched in 2007 and I’ve had it in my contact list ever since. When compared to paid directory [...]

]]> By: Got Wills http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140796 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140796 800-Goog-411…

After reading Om Malik’s and Michael Arrington’s posts about GOOG411, I decided to give it a try. The voice was a little hard to understand at times, but it worked rather well, listing the pizza joints around my place ordered by distance, h…

]]> By: Norma Burkholder http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140795 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:37:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140795 It is a wonderful service….BUT HOW DO YOU CORRECT A PHONE NUMBER THAT IS NOT CORRECT IN YOUR LISTING?

]]> By: Google & The Big Ideas http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140794 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:42:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140794 [...] competitors. Of course, many were way late to the market. The iGoogle effort is a perfect example. Google’s 800GOOG411 voice search service came to market much after TellMe and other startups such as Jingle Networks’ 1-800-FREE411 had [...]

]]> By: Brett http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140793 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:35:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140793 In the end, free411 and google are exactly the same–placement (for businesses) will be determined by the all might dollar.

I had a free411 marketing guy stop by my business trying to get me to signup–too pricey….

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140792 Fri, 04 May 2007 23:45:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140792 Interesting that no one is really comparing the Goog-411 number with the established free 411 company, 1-800-Free411. Goog-411 has business listings, while 1-800-Free411 has business, residential, and gov’t listings. Both run on speech-recognition technology, but only 1-800-Free411 has live operator support in case what you’re searching for has a very unusual or hard to pronounce name. AND, 1-800-Free411 is doing category search now: http://www.free411.com/about/pressreleases/p20070320

I understand that people get excited when Google rolls out with something new, but in this case their number is nowhere near the best in the free 411 field.

]]> By: LUX.ET.UMBRA http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140791 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:17:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140791 GOOG-411…

Google is at it again. Now they have a free 411 service that apparently will be advertisement based but current trials have not shown up with any ads (yet). To try their experimental service, just do the following: To try……

]]> By: Joshua http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140790 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:08:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140790 Om,

Did you confirm that Google is using Nuance Speech recognition ?

Thanks,
Joshua

]]> By: » Google Launches Free 800-Number Local Search » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140789 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:45:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140789 [...] Google has launched a free local search service that you can access via 1-800-GOOG-411 (800.466.4411). It’s simple, does only one thing, and isn’t perfect, but it could be the start of a very useful service. You call, give your city and state, followed by a business name or category, and the automated voice starts giving you search results. Sometimes, if it isn’t a dictionary word, the voice guy has trouble making any sense, but the voice recognition seems very solid. [...]

]]> By: Joshua http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140788 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:59:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140788 Om,

Did you find out which speech recognition technology Google is using ?

Thanks,
Joshua

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140786 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:30:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140786 Just a note: Nuance and Tellme are not necessarily mutually exclusive; Tellme has been using Nuance technology from day-one and is still using it, though it might change in the future.

]]> By: Jeff http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140787 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:30:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140787 Bad luck, Aditya, it works for me. The best thing is the fake “bo-be-do-boop-de-boop-doop” sound it makes while searching for the listing. I laugh everytime.

]]> By: Aditya http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140785 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:25:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140785 I tried the service yesterday and i had a terrible experience. the call quality was bad (not once but thrice) and voice recognition was poor.

was it just me and my luck?

]]> By: Ron Perry http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140779 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:57:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140779 On a related note, I heard about an interesting company in LA that has a beta call connections service that connects calls to Google and Tellme free-of-charge. The service seems to be accessible at 800-555-5555 for callers in Southern California, and at 310-800-5555 from outside that area. They also have an interesting travel connections portal if you say “travel”. Call their number and check it out.

]]> By: Steve Morsa http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140781 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:08:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140781 Om–well; depending on whether or not Microsoft/TellMe and/or Google/Nuance decide to assert them (which wouldn’t be surprising given the obvious importance of this space); it looks likely that another “IP war” is likely to be waged over this/these technologies.

TellMe has no fewer than 12 issued patents; while Nuance has 31.

Also wouldn’t surprise me if others have applicable patents–both issued and pending–as well.

]]> By: Simon http://gigaom.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140782 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:25:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/google-to-launch-800goog411/#comment-140782 Entirely voice activated sounds better than the 118 services in the UK, some of which are outsourced to Asia. Nothing wrong with this in principle, except some operators haven’t heard of Scotland.

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