How To Setup Google Labs SMS Channels For Your Blog

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will tell you how you can use Google labs SMS Channel to send about your new blog post via SMS to your reader. Google labs SMS Channel allows you to send free SMS anywhere in India. It can also help your readers know that your blog is updated so they can check your blog when they will receive SMS on their mobile phone.

Google SMS Channels Labs Logo

Here how you can setup

  1. Go to labs.google.co.in/smschannels
  2. Give your name and mobile number  to verify
  3. After you give your name and mobile number you will receive a code in a SMS on your mobile phone
  4. Type that code and click on Finish setup button
  5. Verify Mobile Number

  6. Now click on Try now » link (at right middle-side of the page under Create your own channel)
  7. Create your own channel

  8. Now fill the form according to you (you can see in below image what I have given)
  9. Click on Create channel button
  10. Create new SMS Channel form

  11. Now click on Subscription link for this channel: to get the link of your channel
  12. New SMS Channel ready

Now your channel is ready share link with your readers to subscribe for updates via SMS.

Note: – You can’t change the name (while creating channel) once you choose it.

Do let us know what you think about it.

8 thoughts on “How To Setup Google Labs SMS Channels For Your Blog”

  1. I have created a new sms channel recently. It is supporting only 2 posts per day. How can increase the number of posts per day?

  2. hi..
    How to increase msgs limit frm google labs via sms 4m mbile

    Plz send d proces to my mail..
    I wil wait 4 ur reply frnd..
    Help me..

  3. Whenever I try to visit the page labs.google.co.in/sms channel….i am not able to open d page neither from my phone(android) nor from d pc(linux-ubuntu n xp)…only d page code is being visible…i.e d whole screen filled wid some sort of characters…pls help

  4. Same isues as Abi.
    Tried from linux and windows on IE and firefox and chrome as well.
    the links displaying garbled characters.

    any updates?

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