Comments on: Goog-411 R.I.P. – I’ll Miss You http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lori http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541488 lori Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:14:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541488 why google why
please come back to me
i am lost without you

]]> By: Nätdejting http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541163 Nätdejting Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:47:13 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541163 ‘Some good things never last’. Let’s just hope they’ll come up with something essential like this as soon as possible.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541151 Mike Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:28:07 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541151 @Andy
I have tried Bing-411 over the years (not lately) and it always added several layers of unnecessary queries

]]> By: Andy Kuiper http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541145 Andy Kuiper Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:26:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541145 I miss Google 411 as well. Bing introduced their version a while back: 1-800-246-4411 (1-800-BING-411) Try it :-) It’s not available here in Vancouver, Canada though :-(
Andy :-)

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541139 Mike Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:35:32 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541139 @Anita
That is very true. But it did last longer than Wave (and was a lot easier to understand). :)

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541138 Mike Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:27:03 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541138 @Aaron
I will always answer 1-888-Professor-Maps! It’s a compulsion.

In fact I have a great business plan for it, similar to my plan in the Google Forums: You call, I will pay you for the privilege of hearing how a Google bug is messing with your business!

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541137 Anita Campbell Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:25:06 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541137 For all Google’s unprecedented success with search and search ads, many times they demonstrate a lack of even basic marketing ability to launch other products. It just goes to show: you can’t be good at everything.

]]> By: Aaron Weiche http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/11/12/goog-411-r-i-p-ill-miss-you/comment-page-1/#comment-541136 Aaron Weiche Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:16:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7967#comment-541136 My condolences Mike. It’s always hard to lose a friend. :)

I agree with a number of your comments. I’ve had goog 411 on my favorites/speed dial on my last 3 cell phones as it’s easiest to use when driving. It was ‘fun’ as well to have a crossover of use for local search listings. But no more.

Now I’m saving 1-888-Professor-Maps to my phone. I hope you answer.

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