Google Labs Offers Table-Based Search Results 165
blackbearnh writes "Google just released Google Squared into the Google Labs playground. Google Squared lets you get results back in row and column format, and then add more columns to the result set. There's a brief tour of the features over on O'Reilly Radar, where the judgement is that there's lots of rough edges, but a huge amount of potential, especially for quick and dirty table generation for reports."
Bible Books (Score:5, Funny)
Just goofing around (Score:5, Funny)
Yahoo URL: "No value found"
http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=search+engines [google.com]
Random fun:
http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=large+noses [google.com]
http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=lolcat+pictures [google.com]
Reply if you find other amusing queries!
Re:Already better that Alpha (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I typed in geniuses [google.com] and it completely failed to mention the wisest human alive, Steven Wolfram. So I think it's pretty darned incomplete, especially compared to such an unprecedented knowledge-processing breakthrough as Wolfram Alpha.
George Washington Carver = first president (Score:1, Funny)
I clicked the link on the front of the page for "US Presidents." http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=US presidents&suggest=1 for the lazy. Under full name for George Washington, it lists Mr. George Carver. You'd think for something 1) so common and 2) that they promote on the front of their main site should have 100% accurate and vetted information and not tell us that George Washington Carver, despite his wonderful accomplishments, was the first president of these United States.
Re:Not usable at all... (Score:3, Funny)
Obviously that's because you're searching for the wrong things. It simply can't be bothered to gather good information for such trivial matters. If you search for something worthwhile, the superiority of Google Squared quickly becomes apparent.
Search for "list of pokemon" on Wolfram Alpha, and you get this pathetic sight [imageshack.us]. On the other hand, if you put the same query into Google Squared, add a couple of suggested columns, and maybe a Pokemon or two you want specific information on, and it gives you something that's actually useful [imageshack.us].
Re:Bible Books (Score:3, Funny)
Xerxes (of 300 fame)
I think Herodotos has prior art on that.