Google To Answer Your Questions Directly 145
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. "
all google did (Score:3, Insightful)
is just rip off http://ask.com/ [ask.com]
Accuracy? Authority? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Sounds familiar (Score:2, Insightful)
I think so. The truth is, I was very excited about wolframalpha when it became available. And then I realized I don't really need it.
In the instances where I truly need to ask a question, it's usually too complicated, and I have to search for articles discussing a specific topic instead.
Rip off? (Score:3, Insightful)
Are you saying they actually took something that wasn't theirs without permission? Or are you just trying to demonize the natural human process of copying a useful solution one observes from others?