Google enters home services market




Google launched a service on Friday in San Francisco wherein it connect users with professional home service providers directly through its search result page. Google will lt users contact pre-screened professionals (plumber, handymen, locksmiths), who in turn would pay to be featured in top results. With this, Google escalates competitiion with the likes of Amazon, Yelp and TaskRabbit.

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