Five Excellent Mobile Alternative Search Engines
Alex Muller
CEO, Slifter
The mobile handset has moved far beyond a phone - with messaging, larger screens, QWERTY keyboards, cameras, touch screens, internet, and GPS – it’s evolved into a powerful interactive tool.
The advancement of the mobile phone and its mass appeal has given “search” the ability to be accessible 24 hours a day - from the internet, to a mobile phone, and straight into the real world.
As such, users are looking for a specialized experience and are utilizing vertical mobile search applications. One such application is our company, Slifter, a mobile local product search that allows consumers to find more than 250 million products at nearly 150,000 retail locations. The consumer enters the name of the product they want and their zip code. Their mobile phone then displays a photo of the item along with a product description, local availability, store location, phone number and a map to the retailer.
Slifter is not the only mobile vertical search giving users a chance to take their “search” to the streets. Here are four other companies that have created a highly targeted and ROI driven mobile search engine.
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If you’re out and about, looking for showtimes of the latest box office hit – not to worry. Set your location, find times, and buy tickets on Fandango Mobile.
In today’s housing market it’s always better to be in the know. Stay on top with Smarter Agent and learn the prices that homes are really selling for on over 40 million properties in 1000 counties.
Looking to game on the go? Game Jump offers over 1000 free games on your mobile phone.
