Google’s SMS Search Takes a Dirt Nap

Another Google product bites the dust. The company last week shuttered its SMS search service, which allowed users to search Google by sending a text message query to the number 466453 (GOOGLE). Seems Google’s second “Spring Cleaning” product purge, which began in late March, continues still. “Closing products always involves tough choices, but we do think very hard about each decision and its implications for our users,” a Google spokesperson told AllThingsD in a message confirming SMS Search’s fate. “Streamlining our services enables us to focus on creating beautiful technology that will improve people’s lives.”