Diaroogle helps you find clean public bathrooms

When you've gotta go you've gotta go. Unfortunately, finding a place to do that when you're in New York, one of the largest cities in the world, can be difficult unless you've got some local knowledge.

Human-powered search engine Diaroogle is up to the task. It'll help you find the nearest toilet based off its user-generated database. Like Mizpee, which does the same thing but with a much cuter pretense, it's got user ratings for general cleanliness, the rules of gaining entrance, and occasionally even pictures snapped by users to show how good or bad the porcelain sanctuary is.

All toilets are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, and are done so by the submitter. If you disagree with someone's review, or policies have changed that would keep you from being able to access said bathroom, you have the option to rebuke it with your own review. Going forward, it would be smart to add user ratings and comments to pre-existing entries.

Of course, because this is a mobile toilet finder, all of this hinges on the experience you'd get accessing the site from your phone. Since it's running through your mobile device's browser, it can't take advantage of any of that newfangled GPS or Wi-Fi positioning business. Instead, you'll need to feed in a street address, neighborhood, or ZIP code. There's no map, so you'll need to use something like Google Maps, or to ask a stranger so you can get going--err get to a place where you can go.

Diaroogle is off to a promising start, although compared with perennial all-star Mizpee, it's missing the other 49 states and all of Europe, along with some helpful items like hours of operation, mobile maps, and the business model of including coupons from local retailers.

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Looking for a toilet in NYC? Diaroogle will help you out, although it's less helpful on the phone than it is from a laptop.

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[weblaureate]

glad to say I officially ran diaroogle through its first test today. glad in that after drinking way too much, diaroogle helped me so well I was ready to sing ;) http://webpoet.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/going-in-the-city/

[diaroogle]

Hey Josh,

Thanks for reviewing our site! We really appreciate it. We ended up taking your suggestion and added user comments to the site. So as of 12:35 today, people can give their 2 cents about any of the toilets.

Regarding the mapless mobile interface, we're currently working on integrating google maps into our mobile platform. And of course, in the next few weeks we'll be releasing our iphone app that uses GPS to find toilets as well as supports mobile submissions.

[ShopGirl81]

I was just browsing the web because I downloaded the iPhone app for sitorsquat.com after seeing "The View" talk about the website on Hot Topics. I absolutely love sitorsquat! I wanted to see what else was on the web for bathrooms and came across diariaoogle and then reading this article I found their iPhone app. But it's 99 cents so I didn't get it and from it's description and the photos, it doesn't seem like it's nearly as good as the sitorsquat.com app. Plus I have to say, sitorsquat has it down. Their website is awesome! It puts diariaroogle to shame. They have a method of putting in hours of operation if the user who is submitting the toilet has that info on them. You can even favorite toilets! It's pretty frickin' sweet! I've had their iPhone app on my phone for a few days now and have already used it with much success.

[AmyJaneOnline]

I have to say, ShopGirl is right, SitOrSquat.com is in another league altogether in the find-a-bathroom category on the web. I just downloaded it onto my iPhone, I think it's fantastic!