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Google “Knowledge Vault” To Power Future Of Search

Published on 2014/08/25 By admin

Google’s Knowledge Graph is being used to supply increasing amounts of structured content in PC and mobile search results.

Google Testing “Sources” Area With Info About Movies, Books, People, Music & More

Published on 2012/05/09 By admin

Last November, Google tested a new “Sources” section in its search results, in the third column where ads normally appear. It seems the testing is underway again, showing extended information about actors, films, musicians, people and more. It also seems likely everyone may see this..

WSJ Says Big Google Search Changes Coming? Reality Check Time!

Published on 2012/03/15 By admin

The Wall Street Journal is out with a story saying that Google is about to make one of the biggest changes in its history of offering web search, providing more direct answers and gaining “semantic” smarts to understand more about what words mean. I’m scratching my head, since…

Google Expands Use & Display Of Related Searches

Published on 2011/06/16 By admin

Google has announced an interesting expansion of its related search capabilities. The updates to Google’s search results will show up in a number of different ways: Search References/Lists When the search query suggests results that may involve a list, Google will show what it calls the…

DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured “Decision Engine” FindTheBest.com

Published on 2010/08/02 By admin

At first blush it wasn’t impressive to me. I assumed from a quick look that FindTheBest was just a collection of links and “best of” lists

Google Buys Metaweb To Bolster Answers, Google Squared & Rich Snippets

Published on 2010/07/16 By admin

Google announced they have acquired Metaweb. Metaweb is a search company that figures out entities and not just words.