Google Goes Squared
Days after revealing their plans for Google Wave the people at Google have unveiled their latest internet search tool, Google Squared.
The aim of Google Squared is to provide all the answers you need for a search query that may have lots of different answers. On the Google blog using roller coasters as an example they go on to explain what it is essentially about.
If you are interested in all aspects of roller coasters you would know that there are many different facts and figures relating to them. You might be looking to find the highest, the fastest or the one with the most loops for your next holiday. If you searched for these facts then you would have to conduct several different searches to find all the answers.
Google Squared will give you a list of all the different roller coasters available to ride with their specifications so you can make a decision on which roller coaster you would like to ride.
Google is aware that the tool is a long way from perfect so is designing it to be conversational so that you can respond to the results. You can change the results boxes to suit your needs and it will then look to find the answers for you.
If it doesn’t provide the results you are looking for first time then with some interaction it will attempt to work out what you are looking for in your next search.
It is currently only available in Google labs whilst they look to perfect it. There currently isn’t any information on how they decide which answers make the list.
