Google 411 Text Sucks Now!

[krote345]

Has anyone else noticed that the 466453 text search engine has started to fail miserably over the last few months?

For those unfamiliar with the feature: Google SMS

I used to use it on a daily basis for everything from phone numbers, to sports scores, to directions (pre TomTom), to finding a pizza place nearby. It was an amazing free tool. Now, I feel like it returns useful results about 1/10th of the time that I try to use it. Am I doing something wrong or have other people experienced this too?

Example, when I used to text Steelers Football during a game, it would tell me the current score and then below would either tell me the time and date of the next game or the score of the previous game. Now, it usually either gives me some 'Sorry, not recognized', BS or it gives me info from a week ago and nothing current.

[.:bHd:.]

Lol i think google is failing as a whole. When i search for a song or a gmae or something, it lists more pirated sites than ones you can buy the stuff from.

[in5ane_3]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

Lol i think google is failing as a whole. When i search for a song or a gmae or something, it lists more pirated sites than ones you can buy the stuff from.

That's what is clicked on the most, which is why it comes up first.

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by in5ane_3

That's what is clicked on the most, which is why it comes up first.

Haha me too.

[marty_mcfly]

haha funny you made this thread, i was just getting pissed earlier today because it wouldnt give me the number of this certain place

[vAnt826]

I agree that it's beginning to suck.

I used to use it exclusively for information and it was very reliable.

Now I find myself texting Google MAYBE once a month.