Google Goes to Answers.com

tod_miller writes "Google has changed its definitions link from dictionary.com to answers.com. A google search for juxtaposition shows the effect. What is interesting is that answers.com pulls information from wikipedia.org, which was provided bandwidth by google.com [and now Google is providing a service that will be used worldwide to pull information off Wikipedia]. Aside from having both a dictionary.com and a wikipedia.org search box in FireFox (as well as Google) the definition link on Google is still useful and I regularly check it for obscure uses or exact definitions of words. Now it uses answers.com we do not get all the different forms of the word, but we do get any medical or wikipedic information. Interestingly, answers.com does not use Google AdSense, but commission junction that looks like it. There is no announcement yet from Google of their change." This change took place several weeks ago, as players of e-scrabble and other compulsive word-checkers might have noticed. Update: 03/13 23:20 GMT by T : (Also mentioned in passing last month.) Update: 03/14 02:13 GMT by T : Brion Vibber writes: "Google does *not* provide any bandwidth to Wikipedia at this time, except in the sense that they 'use up' our bandwidth when people using their search engine come to our site. ;)"

Comments

Dupe, old news, who cares?

[serviscope_minor]

It's a dupe. And old news.

But this is /., so Caveat Emptor.

But the most of you about to whinge aren't buyers, since you didn't pay for the servise, so quit whinging about a good service you use for free and read the next story.

Or the comments here, like this one.

Late

[amembleton]

This change happened weeks ago.

I submitted it as a story and it was rejected, hmmm.....

Nothing New

[teoryn]

As noted, this isn't anything new, or really interesting for that matter. I saw it a while back, and although my first response was negative since I'm use to dictionary.com for looking up words, I really don't mind it.