Showing posts with label mobile search. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile search. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Google Mobile Search Click-to-call For Emergency Information


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Piggybacking on Google Mobile Ad teams Click-to-call phone number display in local ads, Google Mobile search is displaying click-to-call numbers for emergency services. I just searched for "Poison Control" and "Suicide" and correct numbers to call appeared as the first results in both searches.
The difference from the regular web searches and mobile search is that the number displayed in results are click-able and can reach someone just by tapping on the number.
The service is available in 14 countries so far.
Click-to-call emergency information - Official Google Mobile Blog


Thursday, February 24, 2011

Google Mobile Search : Google Places : Getting To The Right Place At Right Time.

Living, studying and working in SF bay area has it's peaks. Everything is just a few miles or minutes away from where I live. I use Google Search and Google Maps, extensively as I am a bit clueless with driving directions. You know the people you have to shout "the other left". Yes. Google always get me there and back home.
Sometimes we want to get together and put finishing touches on a project after hashing it out at the office. Or sometimes walk out of the campus library, closer to mid night, looking for a snack.
So we do a search, map the place out and arrive at the destination, only to find it is closed! Who has time to check opening and closing times, when your brains are elsewhere. Now you can avoid those "Oh Man" instances, thanks to Google Places, Google Mobile Search.
Now you can narrow down your local searches to show businesses "Open Now".

Once you are done and in a mind to, you can further dig down by filtering on star ratings, the distance etc.
Another feature, I like is the addition of the photos, it makes it easier for me to locate the place, even if it is on the "other left" side of the road.

Finding the right place when you need it - Official Google Mobile Blog

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