{"id":218,"date":"2007-09-12T16:57:49","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T20:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/12\/google-sms-adds-location-based-personalization-automatically\/"},"modified":"2007-09-12T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2007-09-12T20:58:56","slug":"google-sms-adds-location-based-personalization-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/12\/google-sms-adds-location-based-personalization-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"Google SMS Adds Location-Based Personalization Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent post, The Google Operating System Blog<\/a> points out that Google SMS Adds Location-Based Personalization<\/a> to your text queries of its local business database by sending a SMS to Google that contains the command:
\nset location [city, zip code, address]<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent trip to NYC with my family over labor day weekend I discovered that Google will automatically<\/strong> (no command required) set your default location in an SMS query after three queries as well. By setting the location automatically after a limited number of queries, Google cuts key entry time in half on all subsequent queries for users like me that are too lazy to explore the help file or send a command.
\nI experimented with Goog-411<\/a>, Google Maps & Google SMS<\/a> as local tools during this tourist visit and found that when walking down the street or perusing a shop or museum, Google SMS was an incredibly valuable alternative to find a known store’s location and phone number. In many ways it was preferable to Directory Assistance as it was silent and unobtrusive. Once received as a text message it was then a simple task to tell my Nokia to find the number and dial it if need be or add it to my contacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent post, The Google Operating System Blog points out that Google SMS Adds Location-Based Personalization to your text queries of its local business database by sending a SMS to Google that contains the command: set location [city, zip code, address] In recent trip to NYC with my family over labor day weekend I …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t