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Use google as your personal assistant

 There are often times when you’d like additional information about something – what’s the phone number for that restaurant where you want to make dinner reservations? Where’s the nearest Fed Ex store or Starbucks? You can ask and get the answers from your text-messaging-enabled cell phone or PDA. Send a text message to 46645 asking what you want to know with a zip code or city and state, for example, “pizza 33711” or “Siena Restaurant Austin Texas” and in a few minutes google will text you back with the answer or closely matching choices

Sharon Simms, Real Estate Agent selling homes in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Gulf Beaches and the Tampa Bay area. 

9 comments • Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS • May 26 2007 08:43PM

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I love this feature!  When we were on the road and I needed to find a Lexus dealer in Texas, I text Googled it and in seconds found one.  Awesome! Who needs to stop and look at the Yellow Pages anymore!

kk 

Posted by Kristal Kraft ~Denver Real Estate~720-279-4599 (The Berkshire Group Realtors) over 4 years ago

Very good idea, Sharon.  I'm going to try that.

Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Great idea.  Don't forget that unless your plan includes text-messages, you're paying for both the out-going and incoming information.  
Posted by Gregory Maley over 4 years ago

Great tip!

For another google tip

If you are looking on the internet and want to narrow your search to just one site try this

whatever you are looking for site:wherever.com

this command will only search wherever.com for whatever you are looking for.

example:

On google reo returns 10,500,000 hits

reo site:remax.com returns only 42 hits all at remax.com

Rob Weiman

Auctioneer/Master Electrician/Computer nerd

http://www.moundcityestatesales.com/

http://www.auctionzip.com/MO-Auctioneers/7185.html

www.cewireup.com

 

Posted by Rob Weiman AARE, CES St Louis Auctions (Mound City Auctions) over 4 years ago

Kristal - I don't remember your using this feature to check on ambulance services....

Jeff - let me know how it works out.

Gregory - that's true. Text messaging doesn't cost much, but not subscribing to a plan can cost a lot.

Rob - thanks for the tip. 

Posted by Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS (ALVA International, Inc.) over 4 years ago

LOL ~ we didn't need this feature to find the ambulance, it found us!

kk 

Posted by Kristal Kraft ~Denver Real Estate~720-279-4599 (The Berkshire Group Realtors) over 4 years ago
I think it was just going home to its sign.
Posted by Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS (ALVA International, Inc.) over 4 years ago
Google is my buddy.  I use it for anything from a definition of a word to where I want to eat. 
Posted by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman, RA, CRS, HAWAII Real Estate & Relocations (Century 21 Liberty Homes) over 4 years ago
Sally, I agree!
Posted by Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS (ALVA International, Inc.) over 4 years ago

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