Google has launched new ways for its millions of users to narrow their search results to help them get what they are looking for.The search giant, which dominates internet search in the UK and much of the world, will allow users to use search “options” to slice and dice the results available from the web.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6277461.eceAlso see:Google Revs Up Some New Search Features
Google unveiled a grab bag of enhancements to its Web search engine and new experimental features on Tuesday that aim to keep the company ahead of rivals.The new features include Google’s first significant effort not only to find information on the Web but also to understand some of that information and present it in new ways. Google’s engineers showcased an experimental feature called Google Squared that extracts information from the Web and displays it in a table. For instance, if you type “science fiction television shows,” it may return a table of shows with several columns of information about them, like their release dates, lead actors, directors and the networks that broadcast them.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/google-revs-up-search-features/Google unveils new search tools
Google said in its quest to create the perfect search engine, it cannot afford to rest on its laurels.The company’s comments came at an event billed as a “state of the union” on search as it unveiled new products that aim to push search in a new direction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047076.stmGoogle adds new filters, visualized results
Google introduced three new enhancements to its search engine Tuesday, giving searchers new ways to filter results and adding new types of data to the search results themselves.Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and experience, led a parade of the company’s product managers on stage at Searchology 2009 to demonstrate the new features, known as Google Search Options, Google Squared, and Rich Snippets. Search Options will be rolling out gradually on Tuesday, giving searchers ways to filter their results based on factors like timeliness, result type such as image or videos, or a desire to see search results in visual form.
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