Google To Answer Your Questions Directly

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 13, 2010 @12:49AM from the what-is-the-air-speed-velocity-of dept.

RabbitWho writes "Last week Google launched a redesign of its search results page, and is now introducing some changes to the content of its results too. The company says it will directly answer 'millions of different fact-seeking searches' with short answers at the top of its results. Search for 'Catherine Zeta-Jones date of birth', for instance, and the date shows up at the top, along with where Google is pulling the information from. Google says the feature is based on Google Squared, the experimental search tool it rolled out a year ago that gathers facts from the around the Web and presents them in an organized way. "

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Re:The 'Decision Engine' ? by gotpoetry · 2010-05-13 02:12 · Score: 1, Troll

If you do not like the new left side pane there is a (+) sign next to the words Hide options or Show options...

Click that. It remembers your preference.

Your eyesore is a one click opt-out.