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New Google Toolbar Brings Browse By Name

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-stop-searching dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "The newest release of the Google Toolbar (Internet Explorer only) comes with a Browse by Name feature. It lets you enter keywords in the browser address bar, and when Google decides this is a sure bet you will be directly forwarded to the right page. Is this the return of Internet Keywords?"

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  1. Feeling lucky? by dv8ed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, is this just a shortcut for the I'm Feeling Lucky button (in which case it is useless) or another way to sell advertising? Have to wonder what happens when you start typing in adwords Google has sold...

  2. Re:Firefox & Safari by abischof · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My first thought was "why MSIE only?" but then upon looking closer discovered that it only seems to be more or less replicating the facility already built into Firefox and Safari.

    Besides, there's always the Googlebar for Firefox :). (It doesn't have this newfangled "Browse By Name" feature, but that sounds dubiously useful in any case.)
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  3. Re:um, no by strictfoo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    5) Profit!!!

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