Comments on: 1-800-GOOG-411

By: Higgins

Higgins — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:35:37 +0000

Tom – I’m not clear on how (or if) this service is making money, as I didn’t hear any ads. It may be that they’re selling placement when you search for a category (like “pizza” — perhaps someone is paying to be the #1 pizza place in your area?), but I dunno.

Seems like long-term, we’d be hearing audio ads for related services. (Or text ads if you use the SMS gateway.)

By: caitlen315

caitlen315 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:42:43 +0000

@tom – I’m not sure which service (maybe 800.free.411), but one of them makes you listen to an ad before they give you the info. I haven’t tried the Google one yet.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:52:41 +0000

so what’s the catch? how do they make money?

By: aimee

aimee — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:40:27 +0000

There is also a free 411 its
1 800 free 411 (3733 411)

By: Higgins

Higgins — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:33:49 +0000

I don’t think it gives you the number, but it connects you for free. (Well…I guess you’re still paying for minutes.)

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:29:49 +0000

Does it give you the phone number too? I always have to dial 411 on my phone and verizon charges me like .75$ every time.

By: CJB

CJB — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:16:05 +0000

I use this a lot because my cell phone service doesn’t have a 411 but has unlimited minutes.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:24:05 +0000

You can also text them. Same idea. Type in location; city (Portland, Oregon) or zip code (97201) and then what you want (Kettleman’s Bagels). Doesn’t cost anything beyond whatever your phone service charges for a text. Always been real helpful to me.