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# Google 411 – Free Information Listings via Phone

If you call 800-466-4411, Google provides you with free business information listings, equivalent to calling information, only free. This [Goog-411](https://labs.google.com/goog411/) service is worthwhile to enter as a contact on your cell phone so you can access it while driving. When I was lost in Seattle I called Google to connect with the place I was headed.

Here's a sample of me calling for Sam Ash music store:

[Audio](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/samash2.mp3)