Before Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on Google
Before Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on Google
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Not too long ago, services like GOOG-411, 118 118 and AQA used actual humans to answer questions with witty responses and encyclopedic knowledge. Today’s search engines could learn something.
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118 118 had great ads. My friend and I dressed as the 118 118 guys for a sports event at work. :-D
14 1 ReplyWe did this for a friend's birthday at uni. There were about 20 of us. Great night haha
I used to love texting these numbers when drunk.
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