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Google Includes NASDAQ Results

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the isn't-that-special dept.

De Mol writes "Google includes information of NASDAQ in the search results. Search for something like GOOG and you'll get all the recent stock information about Google as first result."

146 comments

  1. Welcome to by dotdan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    last year.

    1. Re:Welcome to by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I still find interesting that google seems to get the data from yahoo services, or at least they point to them when you need detailed data.

      Yahoo is better when you need info about financial news. I guess that's one of the reasons yahoo doesn't gets so many visitors - the bests things they do are things that nobody needs (how many people needs to get info about stocks, really?)

    2. Re:Welcome to by DrHanser · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Are you fucking serious? Maybe people who own stocks? Like me? Or who are thinking about buying a particular stock? Like me.

      Honestly, what individual who cares about their financial future *doesn't* need that information.

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    3. Re:Welcome to by maeglin · · Score: 1

      Honestly, what individual who cares about their financial future *doesn't* need that information

      Do you really need it that often, or are you constantly checking to see if you've made an extra $0.25 today? I own stocks. I check my gmail account daily. I use Google to search for stuff daily. I don't go to Yahoo finance daily.

    4. Re:Welcome to by DrHanser · · Score: 1

      Of course you don't. I don't either. But when I am doing research (which happens periodically) I do use it. I use it because it's more convenient than using eTrade.

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    5. Re:Welcome to by spudchucker · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Also you can punh in a three-digit US phone code.
      Try googling for 213

      Show map of area code 213
      Downtown Los Angeles, California
      www.whitepages.com

    6. Re:Welcome to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I trade in stocks frequently, holding a particular security for anywhere between 4 hours to a week. So yes, I do check Yahoo finance frequently, at least on a daily basis, sometime even more often. Yahoo gives me all the information I need in a well-formatted page without requiring Javascript, heavy graphics, or any other annoying unnecessary eye-candy that's not needed for a fucking informational page.

      On another topic, what's with these retards around here who keep insisting that nobody uses Yahoo. Every time some idiot says that, they get 5 replies telling them how wrong that is, yet they don't learn. Take your head out of the sand already, you're not everybody, and if you only use Google and nothing else, you're definitely not smart either.

    7. Re:Welcome to by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Funny

      Google Includes Search Results
      Posted by CmdrTaco tomorrow
      from the and-you-thought-we-were-reaching-yesterday dept.

      De Mol writes "Google now offers search results. Search for something like "dupe" and you'll get a bunch of links to Slashdot! Nifty!"

    8. Re:Welcome to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What the parent is trying to say is that it is old news. This feature has been on google for quite a lot of time now.

    9. Re:Welcome to by amliebsch · · Score: 1

      Punch in an entire phone number to do a reverse-lookup.

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    10. Re:Welcome to by kv9 · · Score: 1

      8th result at the time of this writing. a few more dupes and your comment will turn from Funny into Informative.

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  2. yahoo already has this,. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and has for a while, why is it news now that google has figured out how to copy it?

    1. Re:yahoo already has this,. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      its paid for ramping of an overvalued stock... financially savvy /.ers will see right through it.

    2. Re:yahoo already has this,. by ccoakley · · Score: 1

      Google uses yahoo finance as well (and, as others have pointed out, they have done so for quite a while). Clicking the link takes you to

      http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ticker&d=t

      The second link is usually (found two instances where it wasn't so far) the same page, but without the google frame on top. Also, the query string order changes (the above is reversed -- google swaps the d=t and s=ticker, and the yahoo link has it as I typed it).

      Also newsworthy (I guess): Type in your tracking numbers and get taken to the appropriate UPS or FedEx tracking page!

      Or, type in a simple arithmetic statement and get the result.

      Or, type in 10 pounds to kilograms and get the conversion.

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  3. Nice by Syre · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They're just showing off.

  4. Okay, seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I love Google just as much as anyone else, but this is getting ridiculous. Google has displayed stock information for stock symbols in searches for quite a long time now. Certainly long enough that it doesn't require a front-page story on /.

    1. Re:Okay, seriously... by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Interesting

      They also had Google Scholar out for a year, but that didn't stop slashdot from posting about it as if it were new.

      So, how much Google money are you getting, guys?

    2. Re:Okay, seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Certainly long enough that it doesn't require a front-page story on /.

      The point is, we all clicked on this story and read it and the comments. Maybe the story is a waste of time, but the Slashdot editors plaster almost anything to do with Linux or Firefox or Google or Anime they're submitted.

      Slashdot is an advertising-driven website. Is there a link between this and the choice of articles posted, or are they just obsessed with those subjects, or both? I'll let you decide.

      I do know my opinion of Slashdot has been in gradual decline for the last two years, and I'm not alone.

    3. Re:Okay, seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, but we couldn't let an entire weekend go by without sucking off Google on the main page. Year-old stories are fair game once we've reported on every other fucking thing Google has done. Next week's story: you can use Google to check movie theater listings.

    4. Re:Okay, seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think it may be time for /. to think about some new editors. clearly they're not even reading what articles get submitted anymore.

    5. Re:Okay, seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Next story: Google unveils brilliant new service that actually lets you search other websites.

    6. Re:Okay, seriously... by gurulegend · · Score: 1

      Agreed.

    7. Re:Okay, seriously... by ncstockguy · · Score: 1

      Interestingly, one of the main stock information sites Google brings up when you type in a stock symbol is Yahoo Finance, one of Google's main competitors. You don't have to type in a nasdaq stock. Type in the symbol of any US stock and you will get the results. FDX or IBM for example.

  5. This isn't new. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They've had this for at least 6 months.

  6. Slashdot search by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, Slashdot's DUPE search function is permanently broken.

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  7. *yawn* old news by riflemann · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google have been doing this for a long time now. Probably a couple of years. Why has /. been reporting all of these "new features" for services which have been around for a long itme?

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    1. Re:*yawn* old news by rtphokie · · Score: 2, Interesting

      seriously, is it time for the mods to fess up on the stocks they own?

    2. Re:*yawn* old news by jb.hl.com · · Score: 1

      It's time for the mods to be BEATEN TO FUCKING DEATH WITH A CLUE STICK, that's what it's time for. Soon we'll get news on the release of XP SP2 for christs sake.

      Even better:

      "A new open source operating system called LINUX has been developed by a Finnish student..."

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  8. um.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some kind of "What were we posting about two years ago" post?

  9. And NASDAQ includes Google results by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

  10. Great by Thomas+DM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, great and easy to use feature.

    Another aim at Yahoo's portal ;)

    1. Re:Great by someonewhois · · Score: 1

      Not at all. Click on the stock information link and it takes you to Yahoo Finance.

  11. slashdotted by nighty5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice going tex - now google is slashdotted, when will people learn?

    1. Re:slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      omg lolz i laffed yuo are TEH FunNEY! ahrhar har haw haw! i am play my sega megdrive! altared beest! woo! i;'m a nigar!

  12. Google and Slashdot conspiracy...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I point you to the comment yesterday regarding the "news" about Google Scholar.

    Seriously, between all the non-news and dupes lately, Slashdot is going downhill in a hurry.

    1. Re:Google and Slashdot conspiracy...? by jdh41 · · Score: 1

      I wonder if someone once posted a comment saying "/. has hit the bottom. really you can't get any worse than this.", and the editors decided to prove them wrong?

  13. Not just NASDAQ by DeepRedux · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google also has information about New York (NYSE) and American (AMEX) stock exchange traded stocks.

    1. Re:Not just NASDAQ by Quixote · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now you've done it! This was going to lead to 2 more Slashdot stories.

    2. Re:Not just NASDAQ by telstar · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Now you've done it! This was going to lead to 2 more Slashdot stories."

      Only 2?

    3. Re:Not just NASDAQ by JordanH · · Score: 1
      "Now you've done it! This was going to lead to 2 more Slashdot stories."
      Only 2?

      Well, not counting the dupes, of course.

  14. NYSE as well, but why is this news... by BigTimOBrien · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Grabbing delayed stock quotes from various sites is nothing new. Why does everyone drool and hoot every time Google adds yet another feature. Why not the same level of excitement when Forbes.com provides quotes or Yahoo. What's so extraordinary that it merited a Slashdot story?

    Is Slashdot selling ad space for Google? And, if so, how much does one have to pay to get featured as a Slashdot story.

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    1. Re:NYSE as well, but why is this news... by hankaholic · · Score: 1

      Even worse, this isn't Google adding another feature, it's Taco going ape over a feature that's been in Google for months, if not longer.

      What's next, a "Java implements multithreading" story?

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    2. Re:NYSE as well, but why is this news... by CableModemSniper · · Score: 1

      Java has multi-threading now? schweet.

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  15. Come on ... by krelian · · Score: 1

    Are you serious ?!

  16. Incorrect ranking of search result... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Obviously when one search for "C", the top results cannot be some stock ticker "C".

    http://www.google.com/search?q=c

    Just take a look at the majority of the results on the first page. It obviously point to the more important "C".

    1. Re:Incorrect ranking of search result... by Momoru · · Score: 1

      Weird, i've never tried looking for just one letter, but you're right, it doesn't bring up one letter stocks (No S, or F either). Interestingly McDonald's is the most popular search for the letter S.

      Oh also, before someone else beats me to them, I'm thinking about submitting a story about Google's new News section? Oh and i hear they might be coming out with a web based email! Man, front page for me tonight, man!

    2. Re:Incorrect ranking of search result... by michaelhood · · Score: 1

      uhm, yes it does?

      http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&q=f
      i see a ford motor quote there.
      http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&q=q
      qwest, there.

  17. This guy, De Mol by mynickwastaken · · Score: 0

    I'm pretty sure that has got GOOG stock.

    Unfortunatelly yesterday.

  18. Look Slashdot, knock it off by HEbGb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is Google constantly being mentioned on the front page, for completely trivial, non-stories? I cannot believe that Slashdot editors are really just that stupid or incompetent, so there must be some other reason.

    My guess: Slashdot (or VA) is trying to sell themselves to Google. They're jealous of the other buyouts, and want their piece of cash.

    For shame.

    Sorry guys, but the collective sucking of the Google dick and the gentle smooching of the Google ass is not going to do it.

    1. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by Jello7 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Can't you see that CmdrTaco is just bothering you guys?! Didn't you ever have a kid brother or sister? Rule #1 about being an older brother: when kid sibling complains that they don't like something you do, find every conceivable imaginative way to keep doing it. This usually provides you with untold hours of fun - that is until your kid sibling grows up and realizes what's going on. The only problem here is that there's no mommy to go cry to, so the only way to actually deal with it is to ignore it. No reaction = no fun for older brother.

    2. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 1

      C'mon, it's Sunday. Taco is just following his religious belief in not working on Sundays.

    3. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was going to put mod points here but instead I decided to reply. We can rename slashdot as google news instead.

    4. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 1
      I cannot believe that Slashdot editors are really just that stupid or incompetent...

      Hahhaaa... Haha ha haaaaa...

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    5. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by HardCase · · Score: 1

      I cannot believe that Slashdot editors are really just that stupid or incompetent, so there must be some other reason.

      Now that is the funniest damn thing I've heard all day!

      -h-

    6. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You must be new here.

      There are three sacred cows you can ALWAYS count on Slashdot giving an insane amount of exposure to:

      1) The iPod
      2) Google. ANYTHING related to Google.
      3) Anime

      That pretty much sums it up.

    7. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by FleaPlus · · Score: 1

      Why is Google constantly being mentioned on the front page, for completely trivial, non-stories?

      However, if you look at the number of comments that these "trivial non-stories" get, even ignoring the "why does Google keep on getting mentioned here?" and "this is old news" comments, they're still somewhat higher than for the average story. So even if you think it's a waste of front-page space, apparently the average slashdotter doesn't think so.

    8. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by 00lmz · · Score: 1

      No, they probably just want Google to develop a Google DupeSearch (tm) feature for slashdot. It will automate part of the editing process and enable the editors to spend more time doing nothing.

    9. Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off by K-Man · · Score: 1


      Because Google has duplicate detection technology.

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  19. ... Hmm by mister_llah · · Score: 1

    I think the point may have been that Google's information comes up first...

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    1. Re:... Hmm by DrHanser · · Score: 1

      Why wouldn't it? If someone's searching for a ticker name, there's a good chance they want to see the statistics like current price and history of the symbol. Displaying that information first is simply good user interface design. It's not as though Google's making huge money from this: consider that Google even links directly to Yahoo! Finance if you click the result -- they're not even linking to another Google service or anything like that. They're linking to a competitor.

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  20. Tin foil hatters UNITE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is this supposed to be some subliminal message to get people to buy GOOGLE stock?

    Two weeks from now Goog will be down 100+ points and alot of poor sobs are gonna be unhappy.

  21. Innovative... by Neticulous · · Score: 1

    Google has made many innovations, not the least of which was offshoring Larry's "Page Rank" system to a team of typewriting monkeys in Singapore.

  22. next on /.: Google anounces new feature! by chjmiller · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google has just included the ability to return a list of relevant web sites based on keywords entered into their website. What will they think of next!

    1. Re:next on /.: Google anounces new feature! by Stauf · · Score: 1

      Personally, I'm waiting until they have some way to 'rank' all the 'page's they link to. I'm sure they can figure out some metric for a 'page' to gain a 'rank'.

    2. Re:next on /.: Google anounces new feature! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Whoa, this Google thing kicks Ask Jeeve's butt, I'm going to start using it! I hope it's compatible with Mosaic!!

  23. Welcome to last year's news... by Jugalator · · Score: 1

    There's more information about Google Quotes here.

    Google's new currency converter would've been more "news" in this sense.

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    1. Re:Welcome to last year's news... by Pentagram · · Score: 1

      Whee! I asked for a currency converter a few months ago using their suggestions form. Probably didn't make any difference me asking for it, but it's a handy feature.

  24. Shame it lacks the FTSE by NoMercy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You'd have thought that google.co.uk would choose leading UK stocks in preference to US market lists.

    1. Re:Shame it lacks the FTSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The UK has stocks? I thought all you had was beer and those guys in the funny hats.

    2. Re:Shame it lacks the FTSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The UK had stocks before the US had stocks... or existed.

    3. Re:Shame it lacks the FTSE by EternityInterface · · Score: 0

      Since I'm ignorant I won't even check if you're right, and add in the jab of "google only has several languages so they can put in epic stories about how it was added"... uhm, why do they have a brittish one anyway? Ooh, changing all "honor" to "honour" to not upset the grazis.

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    4. Re:Shame it lacks the FTSE by NoMercy · · Score: 1

      We have a UK google, because... shock horror, the UK has websites people like to search too.

  25. And when you click the link.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    it goes to yahoo finance?

    such innovation.........

  26. why this news has got the front page by srikrishnak · · Score: 1

    Really donno what made slashdot to post it in the front page as if its a very new added feature..its been there for such a long time and atleast the nerds are not bothered about it..:) i love google but dont want to give any preference to it just because its google..

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  27. Innovations? by ebuck · · Score: 1

    Look, I am thrilled that Google is funding a large portion of corprate research at the moment. And I love that they are not cast (for right now) into the mold of a Big Evil Company (tm).

    But this is stock information, and not much of it. Clicking on the link takes you to Yahoo finiancials. That's hardly innovative.

    Not all new products will be thrilling, after all someone still needs to make brooms; however, with all of the muscle behind Google, I believe that they could have provided a more comprhensive analysis page instead of a hyperlink.

    1. Re:Innovations? by Neticulous · · Score: 1

      "I believe that they could have provided a more comprhensive analysis page instead of a hyperlink."

      But they have a neat little picture TOO!!

  28. RedHat chooses Gnome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 24, @09:37AM
    From the taking-on-the-world dept

    RedHat has announced the formation of a new department known as "Red Hat Advanced Development Labs" who will be working with the people of the GNOMEteam to advance a free desktop and many nice tools for linux. Here is a link to the announcement made by Marc Ewing at RedHat. Thanks to the folks at freshmeat for making me aware of this.

    Can companies like RedHat continue to make money on Free software. I'm guessing that they can. What do you think?

  29. i'm glad to see the almighty buck... by thelost · · Score: 1

    in this story because this could be the only reason that /. is so obsessively pimping googles old features that have been around for ages. What kind of back hander are you getting???

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  30. how long till i get can by dotspeaks · · Score: 4, Funny

    do this type of search ?

    1. Re:how long till i get can by Ulrich+Hobelmann · · Score: 1

      You just did.

    2. Re:how long till i get can by Breakfast+Pants · · Score: 1

      location:home was dropped from your search because it is not supported for this type of search.

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    3. Re:how long till i get can by CProgrammer98 · · Score: 1

      http://www.findonefindall.com/

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    4. Re:how long till i get can by CProgrammer98 · · Score: 1

      Here's the answer to your search

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  31. amazing by pridkett · · Score: 1

    next thing you know, you'll be able to use google to tell you Kirstie Alley's weight in electron volts or all of the taxidermists near Sheboygan, Wisconsin or, even worse, people will discover you can use it to search the web!

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  32. More information! by shobadobs · · Score: 4, Funny

    OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS THAT YOU MUST KNOW:

    - Firefox has a popup blocker.
    - Ultraedit supports multiple Undo/Redo.
    - mIRC has a tabbed window interface.
    - Winamp can play tracks in a random order.
    - Xnews has added easy keyboard shortcuts.

    1. Re:More information! by Slider · · Score: 1

      Hey, at least this article wasn't a dupe...

    2. Re:More information! by HorsePunchKid · · Score: 1

      Heh heh... thank you for making this story at least worth a few laughs! :)

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  33. I thought nothing could be cooler than GoogleEarth by syntap · · Score: 1

    But now after seeing a stock quote and a graph online, this Internet thing is just so freakin awesome.

  34. How long will it be... by confusion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ... before google really starts going after profits more agressively by starting to monkey with services like their search engine. They're doing great right now because there is a transition from traditional advertising to Internet advertising with Google owning that space, but at some point the growth WILL slow down and there will be a bigger emphasis on profits since the top line growth is slowing down. That will make things like paid placement and other currently "taboo" things very attractive to them.

    Hopefully they can keep the innovation engine going to keep their growth rate up.

    Jerry
    http://www.cyvin.org/

  35. D'oh by Surazal · · Score: 1

    I tried my company's ticker symbol, and got "invalid result". Then I remembered we merged with someone else, and all was well again.

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    1. Re:D'oh by telstar · · Score: 1

      I take it the wealth of intelligence is held by somebody else in your company?

      On an unreleated topic ... what's the time-between-comments limit up to these days? I just tried to add this post and was told it'd been 4 minutes since my last post. I mean ... not that this comment is worth much, but 4 minutes between posts? How much time are we expected to spend on Slashdot if we'd like to contribute to a few new stories? Just seems a little excessive.

  36. Another important news item by BoosterToad · · Score: 1


    Also, Microsoft's OS now supports more than 640K.

    1. Re:Another important news item by dark_requiem · · Score: 1

      Oh please, and who the hell will ever need more than 640K?

  37. nig nig nig. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    nT

  38. When will Google stop? by bogaboga · · Score: 1

    Answer the question: It seems Google is currently unstoppable. When will Google stop?

  39. Google Dupes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Isn't it obvious? We see a Google dup story announcing a "new and exciting feature" from Google almost every day. Is it beyond the realm of possibility that the slashdot editors own google stock and are wanting to pump up the price a bit before they sell it off?

  40. not even joking by potaz · · Score: 1

    Oh man, did you guys also notice that Google has an "I'm feeling lucky" button which can be employed in instances when one is feeling lucky? I'm serious!

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  41. hehe by miruku · · Score: 2, Funny

    ok people, let's see how many different sarcy comments we can make up to mock this post ;)

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  42. What next?! by MattWhitworth · · Score: 5, Funny

    This has been around for a year or two, it's not revolutionary.

    I can just see the headline tommorow, "Google searches the web for words" :)

    1. Re:What next?! by Stauf · · Score: 1

      I can just see the headline tommorow, "Google searches the web for words" :)

      It'll never happen - AltaVista has the market all sewn up.

  43. even if it was by akhomerun · · Score: 0

    even if this was a new thing, which it is not, why is it important to report on something that 99% of search sites have already? is a slashdot article going to come up each time an obscure search engine gets a feature like this? i hope not...

  44. Yay! by multipartmixed · · Score: 2, Funny

    SCOX is down 2% (0.08) today!

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    1. Re:Yay! by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 1

      When did it go back to SCOX from SCOXE or whatever it had changed to?

  45. New form of domain name squatting by team99parody · · Score: 1

    Instead of buying a search optimization company for your favorate word, simply IPO and get your ticker symbol to be the word you want. Then you'll show up even more prominantly placed than all the ads. For example, if you're a consulting company that makes HTML forms, simply buy form factor, and you'll get excellent placement on google for the word form.

  46. Google also does Conversions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If you type in something such as "bits in a byte" or "inches in a foot", Google will give you the conversion instead of search results. But like stock results, this is not a new function...

  47. stock:GOOG by hey · · Score: 1

    It would be nicer if you could search for stock:GOOG
    since eventually every three and four letter combo is going to be a stock. You don't want stock results.

    1. Re:stock:GOOG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There are over 400,000 combinations of 4 letters. Currently the NASDAQ & NYSE list around 5000 stocks. At the height of the internet bubble, circa 1998, the NASDAQ averaged about 300 IPOs per yer, and the NYSE around 100... so maybe in a few hundred thousand years we'll have that many stocks, but somehow I doubt Google will still exist then.

    2. Re:stock:GOOG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It would be nicer if you could search for stock:GOOG

      Try "stocks: GOOG" instead.

  48. Joke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What is this..... some kind of joke?

    This is not New! Hello editors- wake up and smell the old coffee.

  49. Goddamnit! I read that as "nascar" by AbRASiON · · Score: 1

    For a second there I thought google was making their first real substantially bad decision.............

    Ugh nascar....

  50. Provocation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are slashdot editors really this lazy, or do they make a special effort to select stories that will provoke readers for their own amusement?

    Here's my response: if they're too apathetic too select decent, non-dupe stories, satisfied to sit back and let their visitors produce all the decent content for them, then I'm too apathetic to view their ads. Currently, Slashdot is the only site I've singled out for ad blocking. Perhaps one day I'll find the willpower to break the habit of visiting at all.

    1. Re:Provocation? by philipacamaniac · · Score: 1

      Indeed. Actually, I have a theory: this replaying of past events in our memory may just be a precursor to mind control of the Slashdot Hive Mind. If they replay enough stories, and insert other sources of confusion, it should be enough for the Slashdot editors to take over the world using the collective think power of Sheeple (btw, I can't believe I just used that word). (can't help myself) I for one welcome our new /. overloads (??)

  51. There is an actual new feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Google recently added currency conversion, so for example 10 dollars in euros returns 10 U.S. dollars = 8.27951648 Euros.

    Someone should submit it as a story. Slashdot will need another Google story this afternoon.

  52. Yeah, definitly old... by cosmotron · · Score: 1

    But, whatever.

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    1. Re:Yeah, definitly old... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Says the person with the 900,000+ ID :)

  53. UPS/FEDEX/USPS Tracking # too by krbvroc1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the more old news dept, but an attempt to avoid a future dupe: For those in the U.S.A. you can also enter a UPS, FEDEX, US Postal Service tracking # and get tracking results too.

    1. Re:UPS/FEDEX/USPS Tracking # too by SlimFastForYou · · Score: 1

      I noticed the other day that you can search for the length of a movie and Google will tell you before any search results.

      Example: search for charlie chocolate factory movie duration

  54. o_O by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wow, do we really have to have a one-year-old Google story every day now? I can see it coming: Google now supports web search!

  55. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  56. Thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, I didn't know you could do that with Google, so I appreciate the story.

  57. why everybody adores google? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If google makes shit everybody come and say "Oh! What a shit! That is real shit, not MSN or Yahoo shit... not to mention shitty Jeeves..."

  58. I think google paied them enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    well, why everybody dreams that google buy them? No! well I wirk in startap that is going to chalange google and we said we are going to the end or untill somebody offers so much money that we shit ass...

  59. Misread the headline by Eradicator2k3 · · Score: 0

    I thought it said "Google Includes NASCAR Results. That could be kind of nice, as you would be able to do a search on "Dick Trickle" (the driver, not the condition)and actually get referred to non-STD sites.

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  60. In other news... by MiKM · · Score: 1

    Microsoft's revolutionary Windows 95 is nearing completion.

  61. Has.. by drspliff · · Score: 1

    ..Nobody already noticed this feature?

    It's been a pretty much standard feature for a while now, and I'm really suprised how this could have reached the front page.

    Maybe Slashdot should add a new feature.. 'Redirect to a decent news site on-login' and save all our precious work hours.

  62. Mod stories too! by smelroy · · Score: 1

    We can mod stupid posts down so we should be able to mod stupid (and duplicate) stories down too.

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  63. Stocks have a BUG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Try putting in INFY. The market cap on the front page is 40b. Click in and check on yahoo finance...you get 20b or so. Wrong calculation eh ?

  64. 15 minute lag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sorry, this is offtopic, but why do the quotes lag realtime by 15-20 minutes? Is that just the package that nasdaq sells/gives away?

    1. Re:15 minute lag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yes. the delayed quotes are much cheaper than real time. if i recall, the real time quotes are pay-per quote. so someone like yahoo would probably spends millions a day to support all the quote views.

  65. Slashdot Portfolio. by fuqqer · · Score: 1

    Google showing ticker info is nothing new. I think it'd be more interesting to what a Slashdotter's stock portfolio looks like. So many of us are on the bleeding edge of technology, does the trend fall over to our investments? It seems like a lot of companies get mentioned here that could be great investments (or at least they have great technology). I know there used to be the Wired index. Does anyone have suggestions for the Slashdot index?

  66. Currencies by SamSim · · Score: 1

    My question is, when do they include currencies in their Google Calculator? I'd like to be able to type "1 GBP in USD" and see the exchange rate, but no joy thus far.

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    1. Re:Currencies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uh, they added this a few weeks ago. A search for "1 GBP in USD" gives "1 British pound = 1.7574 U.S. dollars."

    2. Re:Currencies by EternityInterface · · Score: 0

      Well, a bit revelation that unicode is supported there, although I think typing the letter equilant is faster...

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  67. Last year called... by greg_barton · · Score: 1

    ...they want their slashdot stories back.

  68. 655 or 1277 stories, depending on who's counting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    yahoo (1270)
    google (655)

  69. just about everything google can do by xPsi · · Score: 2, Informative

    This google dupe thing on /. is getting downright creepy. Google services and search features are very well docmuented at google.com, thank you very much. We don't need to see it on the front page of /. unless it is absolutely brand-spankin' new (e.g. released that day) or some "secret" undocumented feature.

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  70. Generalissimo Francisco Franco... by 44BSD · · Score: 1

    is still dead.

    Back to you, Jane.

    1. Re:Generalissimo Francisco Franco... by NaDrew · · Score: 1

      Arrg, I've used up my mod points.

      +1 Funny!

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  71. What about phone number lookup? by masonbrown · · Score: 1

    Put in a phone number and get a reverse-phone-lookup result, complete with link to map of the address. Talk about stalking via caller id.

  72. They don't have international indicies yet... by bergeron76 · · Score: 1

    I tried searching for VIA.TW but no adeu. Yet.

    The stock trades as a number or something, on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (I don't know what that exchange is called).

    I didn't try searching for stocks on the Futse or DAX though.

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  73. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I heard that some guy that works at Google took a shit, too.

  74. Movie times, too by NaDrew · · Score: 1

    In fact, you can search for a movie by name and the top result (above the actual search results) will be locations and times for your ZIP code (assuming you've used Google Local and saved your ZIP code). Just noticed this the other day, and I've certainly searched movie titles before that.

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