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Google Unveils Search Options and Google Squared

CWmike writes "Saying that its users are becoming increasingly sophisticated, Google has unveiled a list of new search technologies geared to help users 'slice and dice' their Google search results, along with a new tool to help them cull information instead of Web pages. Marissa Mayer, vice president of Google's Search Products, said of Search Options in a blog post, 'We have spent a lot of time looking at how we can better understand the wide range of information that's on the Web and quickly connect people to just the nuggets they need at that moment.' Google Squared, set to be released to users as part of its Google Labs program later this month, pulls up information from different sites and presents it in an organized manner."

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  1. Google Squared? by FlyByPC · · Score: 5, Funny

    No thanks; wake me up when they come out with the "Google n*log(n)" version.

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    1. Re:Google Squared? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't worry, Google is already doing plenty of log'n.

  2. Re:google squared by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, a google plex?

    That's the number we used to represent just-short-of-infinity when having nerd arguments as kids in the 80s.

    Infinity plex > infinity squared > infinity > google plex > google > thousands > a lot.

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  3. Quick Pr0n by ironicsky · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google is just giving us an easier way to find pr0n on the tubes.
    Is setting my "safe search" to off and will see you in the morning.

    1. Re:Quick Pr0n by Hurricane78 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hmm... I wonder if there is a way to search for "unsafe" pictures only. Maybe some internal option or hack?

      Please, please, please... if you're from Google: Add this option in a hidden way, and then "leak" the information to us. You can always just change the way it's used, and then apologize for that little bug. And then leak the new way too. So that we still have access. Whoops. ^^

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    2. Re:Quick Pr0n by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You probably want to google "Repetitive Strain Injury" too... chances are you will be needing that information by morning.

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    3. Re:Quick Pr0n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      It works just fine, search for cream pie, select "Images from the page" and verify that almost all of them are NSFW. Google suggested related searches include: sloppy seconds, pearl necklace, facial, squirt boat, and(!) craigs list.

  4. I'm searching at Google... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... and found something I like!

  5. Re:Content owners won't they lose revenue by abigsmurf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah but you see, you're free to put it in the robots.txt if you don't want information pulled straight out of your site without people visiting. Of course that will remove it from the Google index and result in a massive descrease in traffic as the vast majority of people only use google for searching...

    Google, abuse a dominant market position? But their moto is "do no evil"! They would never do something like that!

  6. Re:Regexp and exact word matching options by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your choice of examples intrigues me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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  7. Re:google squared by overlordofmu · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I really want to know is what is google to the power of google divided by the natural log to the power of Richard Stallman?

    Later, we can try dividing by zero . . .

  8. How about finally allowing... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...(perl-style) regular expressions? Or at least allowing to search for non-alphanumeric characters?

    Their search interface is a huge step backward from what old engines like HotBot offered.

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  9. Is it just me? by AnalPerfume · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or does the image of Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit come to mind when thinking of Google?

    "Need more input!!!!!!"

  10. Re:google squared by RobertLTux · · Score: 2, Funny

    you pick up your log move it to where you want to divide and then drop it into place.

    (and if you want to divide the natural log use a chainsaw)

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  11. Re:google squared by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That reminds me of a joke one of my old math teachers told me once. Q: What's the integral of 1/cabin with respect to cabin? A: int(1/cabin)dcabin = ln(cabin) + C = log cabin plus sea = houseboat

  12. Re:Blocking results from certain sites... by enoz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The site formerly known as:

    expertsexchange.com

  13. Re:google squared by SnowZero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Get real.