Sep 26
Today, 15 years after Google launched, the company’s SVP of Search Amit Singhal let us know where the search giant is heading. Not surprisingly, the primary focus is the engine’s ability to understand what you want, however you say it.
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Nov 06
Google redesigns search to make space for more info, kick the sidebar to the curb
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Google loves to tweak its search results whether or not it’s something we’d ever notice. Even the most casual of visitors might notice its latest change, though. The Mountain View crew has dropped the sidebar on the desktop in favor of moving everything to drop-down menus up above. It’s ostensibly a reflection of the company’s tweaks to its mobile page that should scale elegantly through different screen sizes, although a key goal is to fit in richer results: images, the Knowledge Graph and more all have extra room to breathe with the update. Americans tracking down election results will be the first to see the extra-wide view, and they should be followed by everyone else as soon as Google can flick the switch. We’ll be content enough knowing that the company isn’t spreading sidebars everywhere.
Google redesigns search to make space for more info, kick the sidebar to the curb originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Oct 19
Google Knowledge Graph explains related content, finds the six degrees with less Bacon
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We had a bit of a laugh with Google’s Kevin Bacon calculator. Not everyone needs to tie their searches to the star of Footloose, though, which is partly why Google is pushing out an update to its Knowledge Graph that explains how searches turn up related items. The effort is starting with actors, celebrities and their links to any movies and TV shows they’ve starred in. Looking for Orson Welles and mousing over Rita Hayworth’s portrait reminds us that the two luminaries were married for years, for example. We won’t know when the more intelligent searches will expand, but at least we won’t be quite so confused if the animated Transformers movie appears next to Citizen Kane.
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Google Knowledge Graph explains related content, finds the six degrees with less Bacon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 08
Google’s Knowledge Graph slowly launching worldwide beginning tomorrow for English users
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Google is moving from being an information engine to becoming a knowledge engine when it introduced Knowledge Graph earlier this year. Today, at a small event in San Francisco, the Internet search giant broke the news that it will be launching its highly-anticipated Knowledge Graph worldwide beginning tomorrow. Amit Singhal, head of Google search, said that the launch will be rolling out slowly to all English users worldwide. Google also announced a redesign of the Knowledge Graph that will help users search through items on Google.
In an example shown, a quick search for “Chiefs” revealed present information about the football team in the U.S. as well as the rugby team in Australia. SearchEngineLand notes that the problem with rolling out Knowledge Graph on a global scale is that it will be harder to make predictions because the same word can mean different things. Google also showed its improved expandable knowledge graph, now called the Knowledge Graph Carousel, and it showed how users can pivot the results around the sets of things being searched. “We’ve begun to gradually roll out this view of the Knowledge Graph to U.S. English users. It’s also going to be available on smartphones and tablets,” Singhal previously said.
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Aug 08
Google’s revamped voice search coming to iOS, tackles Siri on her home turf
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Google has been offering the ability to search the web with your voice using its iOS app for some time. But, it always just spit out a pile of links. While the next version wont be getting quite as creepy as Google Now, it’ll be bringing with it the vocalized responses that debuted as part of Jelly Bean’s revamped search offerings. The UI is also getting an overhaul to bring it inline with Now and Mountain View’s recent aesthetic tendencies towards sharp lines and limited color schemes. Obviously, the new app also taps the Knowledge Graph, allowing you to make natural language queries like, “what’s the weather like in San Francisco,” and get a detailed vocalized response. According to Google the update should be hitting the App Store in “the next few days,” but don’t expect it to keep tabs on your favorite sports team for you.
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Google’s revamped voice search coming to iOS, tackles Siri on her home turf originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 08
Google Knowledge Graph coming to all English-speaking nations tomorrow, adds lists to results
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Google launched its contextual and intelligent search service, Knowledge Graph, only a few months ago. Till now, it’s been limited in its availability and, while most nations will still be left out, tomorrow it will be coming to all “English-speaking” countries. The ability to discern your intended search goal and present you with relevant information immediately, as opposed to just a page of links, is the next step in search technology and the secret sauce powering the somewhat creepy Google Now in Jelly Bean. The Graph has also received a few enhancements and tweaks, including the ability to answer queries with collections and lists. So, say you’re looking for rides in Disney World, a thumbnail of every attraction will appear at the top in a horizontally scrollable list. How much longer till our Spanish, French or Chinese speaking pals can get in on the action? That’s anyone’s guess. But, if English is the native tongue of your home, then rest assured your flavor of Google has just gotten a little bit smarter.
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Google Knowledge Graph coming to all English-speaking nations tomorrow, adds lists to results originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jul 03
Google Now gets an epic 47-question interrogation, survives for now (video)
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You’ve seen us give Google Now a shakedown in our Jelly Bean review, but one JLishere decided to give the voice command system an unusually thorough grilling. The 47-question test goes beyond what Google showed onstage at I/O and shows that, in some cases, Android’s new rival to Siri can cover a wide range of answers, whether it’s day-to-day queries like directions and image searches to more esoteric trivia, like the minimum height for riding Disney World’s Space Mountain. There’s even a special treat for those who dare to bring up Google’s best-known Easter egg. That said, we wouldn’t be too eager to kick earlier voice command systems to the curb: we’ve tried a few close variants on the questions and sometimes managed to stump Google Now, so it’s clear Google could stand to layer on some more polish. JLishere’s original video evidence is available after the break.
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Google Now gets an epic 47-question interrogation, survives for now (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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