[tangoalpha]

I used to run a small relatively unknown service back in the day when internet on mobile was still unaffordable in India.

People could sms to a number that I had procured with any keyword. The service send the user a list of 5 top results' domain names from Google results for that keyword. User would respond with a number (1-5). The service would send the 20 characters of the first h1 tag on the page, and first 140 characters of the first body tag on the page. (tyring it's best to not send any markup but just the text). Last 20 characters would be an ad.

It was buggy but it had decent traction initially. I didn't get any advertisers so for the most part of it the ad text was something like 'advertise here - with short link to contact from'

Reminds me of those days where every kb accessible on mobile was so valuable.

[mocha_nate]

that reminds me of how my first blackberry used to function. it was mindblowing at the time.