| Google Phonebook Missing | BetaJorat | 11/12/10 5:38 AM | What has happened to Google Phonebook? It appeared to be working fine yesterday but now it is completely missing. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | ryanmetz | 11/12/10 7:32 AM | yes, i am also wondering. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | shackster | 11/13/10 11:16 PM | Yes me to. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | Claire456 | 11/14/10 8:03 AM | Where is Google phonebook? |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | wwwallyh | 11/14/10 8:19 AM | Google has a phonebook? |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | wcjiang | 11/14/10 8:50 AM | They shutdown 411 voice service on Nov 12, coincidence? |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | beenatmountain | 11/14/10 1:39 PM | I can't believe it. I am very dependent on Google Phonebook. It just disappeared. Gone. No warning. No explanation. Its even more frustrating that there is no coverage anywhere as to whats going on. The only remnant left of Google Phonebook is if you |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | noglider | 11/15/10 1:59 PM | I'm pissed, too. What would it cost them to keep it running? |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | billdickason | 11/15/10 8:01 PM | I am glad someone else has missed it. I tried to use on Sunday and confirm what others above have found. Why can't Google tell us what is up. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | rustybrick | 11/16/10 10:50 AM | It's officially gone. Google removed the feature. Here is a Googler's blog on the topic http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2010/11/operator-changes-phonebook-and.html |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | alasciot | 11/16/10 12:38 PM | BUMMER!!! best phonebook search out there! |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | beenatmountain | 11/16/10 3:13 PM | I sent what follows off to a Google employee. If anyone else shares similar sentiments, please make your feeling known to Google as well. Is Google Phonebook really dead? I don't remember being so upset over losing a service ever. I need it it immens |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | billdickason | 11/16/10 3:33 PM | I have tried about six other phone search engines. None of them have the search capability of Google Phonebook. I just finished finding classmates for a 50-yr high school reunion. I couldn't have done it with the other phonebooks. Most of them are no |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | brucec87 | 11/17/10 2:12 PM | I don't use it all the time, but the Google Phonebook was a *REALLY* useful tool. In Googling "Google Phonebook" I got one response that says it is no longer included in the 'free' services. Does that mean there is somwhere to still access itfor a |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | iceyucat | 11/18/10 7:28 PM | Google to stop supporting phonebook and rphonebook |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | Allen M. | 11/23/10 9:53 AM | I want to add my feedback to Google to critique their removing this feature, but I have no idea how to get feedback to Google. I've gone round and round through all their help, contact, and feedback links, and they all seem to wind up right back here |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | trots | 11/28/10 1:04 PM | quoting from google blog: " Things change, and Google has dropped the phonebook: and rphonebook: operators for finding phone numbers (rphonebook: was for "residential phonebook" and focused on home phones). As you can imagine, this was an endless |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | billdickason | 11/28/10 1:18 PM | If you had read the Best Answer, you would have seen the link to the blog, and not needed to restate it again. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | dgbacon | 12/13/10 10:39 PM | This was a very useful tool. I used it to find and contact many people I'd been out of touch with for years and years. It was the only site I'd found that was any good for that. I'm very disappointed. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | rogerramjet.michigan | 12/21/10 7:30 PM | I miss the phone book feature; i found it very convenient. I also miss the business directory that was taken down a few years ago; I hope they can both be brought back soon. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | bjmacc | 2/4/11 8:52 AM | another reason to use a new search engine |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | bobpaul | 12/29/11 8:42 AM | So any good alternatives? Whitepages.com and Yahoo!People (which I used prior to Google including phonebook results) really aren't that good, and most of the rest that I can find are paid results. |
| Re: Google Phonebook Missing | billdickason | 12/29/11 8:53 AM | I have found http://www.yellowpages.com/whitepages to be useful alternative. Can use tab for business searches or person. Also reverse lookup. |