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Google Launches Dictionary, Drops Answers.com

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "Google has expanded its remit once again with the quiet launch of Google Dictionary. Google word search definitions now redirect to Google Dictionary instead of to Google's long term thesaurus goto site, Answers.com, which is expected to take a serious hit in traffic as a result. Dictionary pages are noticeably more plain and faster loading than their Answers.com equivalents, and unusually feature web citations for the definitions of each word. This means that, unlike most dictionaries, Google considers ginormous a word."

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  1. Good by rmushkatblat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now we don't have to deal with M-W terrible website layout, popups, etc.

  2. Re:Urban Dictionary and so on by maxume · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is moderated.

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