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Yahoo Follows Google on Mobile Search
An anonymous reader writes "Just a few weeks after Google introduced Google SMS, Google's mobile search service, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet media company Yahoo! . expanded its search services to the mobile market, said the company on Wednesday."
Google Mobile has been out longer than a week - it was just in "beta" (which tends to be pretty good for Google) and accessible at labs.google.com. Google Labs is an awesome place to visit and play around with the cool toys they're working on.
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Yahoo has been partnered with AT&T wireless for a while now. yahoo messenger on all their phones, Yahoo part of their mMode online content and I had been a part of the SMS search testing for over 30 days now.
almost everytihng Yahoo branded is attached to AT&T mobile stuff lately. They are making one hell of a branding with AT&T.
Heck I get notification on my phone when I get an email in my Yahoo.com email account.
if google can partnet with a wireless company they might be able to overtake everyone in the wireless arena.
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Yahoo! Wants to Whack Google in Mobile Searching
I tried their new search http://mobile.yahoo.com/search and it asploded my Samsung A500. The first time I loaded the page, the web browser closed. The second time, the phone rebooted! I have reset my phone several times, same results.
Then I read the page in a real browser, and they SMS you a link. That link worked in my phone.
If I understand correctly, it's note even available on all US providers, much less ones in other countries.
I personally prefer the SMS method Google uses. At least with that you can use it from any SMS-enabled phone (and I can't think of any that aren't off the top of my head).
"You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older."
I have to point out that Yahoo! has had this mobile search for several years now. It's really nothing new.
I have an (SMS-enabled) Virgin Mobile phone and it doesn't work with GoogleSMS. If you look closely, Google does in fact support all of the 'major' carriers (they list the ones they do), but those of us with more obscure carriers are left out. I'm not complaining, that's what I get for not having a major carrier... just thought I'd point it out.
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