Use Google Web Search on your phone or mobile device to search through 8 billion pages. While on the go, use the Web to find ingredients for a recipe, answer a trivia question to prove that you're right or find facts on your favorite sports team.

1. Access the mobile Web browser on your phone or mobile device.
2. Type www.google.com in the URL field (if you get an error message, type www.google.com/xhtml).
3. Type your search query.
4. Highlight the "Google Search" button and press "Enter."
5. Ten search results will appear per page.
   • Select the desired link by scrolling through the results page
   • Or scroll down to the bottom of the page, select the "Next" link to view the next ten results
6. Once you have selected a link Google will reformat the selected webpage to fit your phone screen.

Local Search Results

Google Local enables you to search for stores and businesses in a specific area. To get Google Local results, simply type in the business name and include a zip code or city and state in the search query. Your top 3 results will be Local results, followed by 10 ordinary Web results. If you click on any of the Local results, you can get maps and directions.

You can also get maps, driving directions and a full list of local results by selecting "Local" in the search options or going directly to http://mobile.google.com/local on your phone. Learn more.

Definitions

To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word "define," then a space, and then the word(s) you want defined. If Google has seen a definition for that word or phrase anywhere on the Web, we'll display that information at the top of your results.

Spell Checker

Google checks whether your query is the most common version of a word's spelling. If we think a different spelling is likely to generate more relevant search results, we'll ask "Did you mean: (more common spelling)?" Clicking on the suggested spelling launches a Google search for that term. (Note: Google spell check works for proper nouns (names and places) that might not appear in standard spell-check programs or dictionary.

Even if you can't access www.google.com/xhtml on your phone's mobile web browser, we also offer www.google.com/wml which offers Web Search and Mobile search. Mobile search restricts your search to the mobile index which contains sites that are specifically written to fit your mobile screen.

1. Access the mobile Web browser on your phone or mobile device.
2. Type www.google.com in the URL field. You can switch between the Web and mobile web by accessing the menu of search options.
3. Type your search query.
4. Highlight the "Google Search" button and press "Enter."
5. Five search results will appear per page.
   • Select the desired link by scrolling through the results page
   • Or scroll down to the bottom of the page, select the "Next" link to view the next five results
6. Once you have selected a link Google will reformat the selected webpage to fit your phone screen.

Google Number Search - Type in Your Query Faster and Easier

Google makes it easier for you to type in your search queries. Instead of having to tap a number key multiple times to get your desired letter, Google will automatically translate your search query if you just type in the number key that corresponds to each letter in the query once.

For example, you'd normally have to type '7444999999992' in order to spell out "P-I-Z-Z-A," but with Google Number Search, you only have to type '74992'; Google automatically translates this into "pizza" and provides relevant search results

Here's how to use Google Number Search:

1. Access the mobile Web browser on your phone or mobile device*.
2. Type www.google.com in the URL field (if you get an error message, type www.google.com/wml).
3. Highlight and click the 'Search Options' link
4. In the list of options, select and highlight "Number Enter Web" which will bring you back to the Google homepage.
5. Type in your search query using the numbered keys that correspond to each letter of your desired query only once (use a '0' as the space).
6. Highlight the "Google Search" link and press "Enter."
7. Five search results will appear on each page.
   • Select the desired link by scrolling through the results page
   • OR scroll down to the bottom of the page, select the "Next" link to view the next five results
8. Once you have selected a link, Google will reformat the selected webpage to fit your phone screen.

* Note: Google Number Search is available to phones that support wml (WAP 1.2)

Froogle Mobile Search

Search the web to compare product prices with Froogle. Froogle lets you search millions of products from stores across the web. Check prices on popular products for easy comparison shopping. These results are not advertisements, just current prices for products available online.

On your mobile device, you can access Froogle at http://wml.froogle.com/

Learn more at: http://labs.google.com/frooglewml.html

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