Google will shut down 1-800-GOOG-411, its voice-powered directory assistance service, on Nov. The service was launched in 2007, and Google credits the service for helping develop services now available on smartphones, including Voice Search, Voice...
AT&T's YPMobile app last month integrated voice search for category and business name queries -- a format to which directory assistance has long familiarized consumers. Voice search is likewise accelerating on the mobile device.
And don't forget about the other mobile experiences -- you may want to consider voice-based search or directory assistance because 23 percent of mobile users access directory assistance as part of their local search process.
Mobile/Directory Assistance: The free directory assistance area has grown rapidly since I wrote about it in "Voice Search: Mobile Tactic Here. Local Listing Management: Google Maps, Yahoo Local, and thousands of other sites utilize local directory...
Part of this mobile revolution is ad-supported directory assistance or voice search. According to Nielsen Mobile, 411 directory assistance was the most popular mobile search format used among mobile users at the end of last year.
The Local Search Guide provides information on Internet Yellow Pages, search engines, search tools, vertical directories, and now profiles local mobile tools including voice-based search and free directory assistance providers.
Yet, a very old offering is hot once again: directory assistance (DA). Wireless carriers have been making a handsome profit delivering directory assistance searches to mobile consumers. Rapid DA growth has spawned a sub-category, "voice search.
DAY.local search expert Gregg Stewart explains that a very old offering is hot once again: directory assistance (DA), and its new subcategory of voice search. In today's Vertical Challenge column, "Voice Search: Mobile Tactic Here.
The service, currently available in the Denver, Phoenix, Spokane and Tucson markets, provides free directory assistance (free DA) and local category search for consumers seeking businesses. Donnelley teamed up with Toronto-based Call Genie to power...
Microsoft Now Using Autodiscovery Sitemaps for Crawl Assistance, Search Engine Roundtable Actively participate in SCNs, with both helpful information and inquiries (Q&A), assistance, and commentary. They are primarily Web-based and provide a...
Ad-Supported Directory Assistance Patent Granted, ClickZ Update on SES Advisory BoardWe've also got some great people coming forward to offer their voice on the SES Advisory Board, but there's still time to have your voice heard.
Operator services (The most common being voice assistance such as "411" directory listings. Multiple client applications (Windows Mobile, GPS based software, voice enabled, maps and navigation, traffic, etc.
Will Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Kill Directory Assistance? How About Google Docs Won't Prevent Display Of Yahoo Directory Title Particularly striking during the conference was the level of forward thinking displayed by one company from the...
Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Kill Directory Assistance? Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast "portal-backed wireless voice search [will] reach 1.45 billion queries in 2010" and cause "a significant disruption of the directory...
Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast "portal-backed wireless voice search [will] reach 1.45 billion queries in 2010" and cause "a significant disruption of the directory assistance market.
More and more directory assistance (DA) is starting to morph into voice-enabled mobile (local) search. Here's a previous post about how directory assistance call volumes indicate mobile search category demand.
More and more directory assistance (DA) is starting to morph into voice-enabled mobile (local) search. Here's a previous post about how directory assistance call volumes indicate mobile search category demand.
People are often looking for local information when they're on the go and have traditionally had to rely on directory assistance (DA), which has been limited by "what city, what listing? Newer services are seeking to broaden the scope of DA, which...
New 411 User Survey Points To Mobile Local Search Demand - A new study looks at how Americans use directory assistance.MORE” Bringo Click To Call Service Attempts To Help Consumers Foil Voice Response Systems - If you're a credit card issuer, a...
That's where directory assistance is headed anyway: category search with a voice front end. It's in this larger context that I write about a new study released this week from Tellme, an automated voice services provider and directory assistance...
