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Taking Local Search to Store Shelves – Greg Sterling, Screenwerks Google on Reading Text in Images from Street Views, Store Shelves, and Museum Interiors – Bill Slawski, SeobytheSea Googlebot In Aisle Three: How Google Plans to Index the World? – Bill Slawski, SearchEngineLand

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Goog-411 now a speedier option on Thomson/GE phones

Greg Sterling has noted a Thomson/Google deal that adds a one-touch, auto-dial GOOG-411 button into many of its latest GE-branded DECT 6.0â„¢ cordless phones. It should give Jingle’s Free 411 service a pause and it certainly raises questions about when Google will monetize its free DA service. Voice DA services are currently very lucrative and …

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