--- layout: post title: google local ... now via SMS! created: 1097258607 permalink: blog/walkah/google-local-now-via-sms/ tags: - geek --- <p>so, google continues to add features... and sometimes they're really useful! you may or may not have heard about <a href="http://local.google.com/">google local</a> - which is a neat tool (even though the <a href="http://local.google.ca/">canadian equivalent</a> suffers from some pretty spotty data). but, they've now made it just a bit more useful... you can now query google local via SMS (like, from your phone). I think <a href="http://www.zacker.org/">zacker</a> summed it up the best: </p> <pre> 13:55 < Zacker> holy crap 13:55 < Zacker> http://www.google.com/sms/howtouse.html#business 13:56 < walkah> ya. that's the rock. 13:56 < Zacker> that is going to change my life </pre> <p><b>UPDATE:</b> argh. i just tried from my phone (which is on rogers) and it failed to send, because the 46645 (GOOGL) shortcode is for US only apparently. :(</p> <!--break-->