Google starts local search (voice based search)

Google starts local search and without much noise. I was in Hyderabad last weekend and was surprised and happy to know that Google has entered into one more service – local search. Just call 1800 41 99 99 99 and you have the operator saying “Thank you for calling Google” I did not hear or read anywhere about this service (I havnt been keeping myself updated for the last few days), but this being Google, was supposed to create some noise. Well, the operator does help you find things and can also sms the search results to your mobile. But I found them sending each search result as a separate message. One or two consolidated smses would be better. Other than being free, the other different thing was that the call can be directly forwarded to one of the search result. But I did love “…Thanks for calling Google”

I did try that in Bangalore, still not working. Not sure when it would start.

Found a site which gives more info. Click here to visit that.