New Google Search Technologies Make Information Easier to Discover, Organize and Share 05-23-06 Category: Portals and Search Engines, Social Networking Key Points: Google has released an array of software applications that show an increased emphasis on integrating user production into their various search and retrieval utilities. Google Co-op provides users with the ability to tag meta-data onto search results, and share these tags with other users in the community. Google Trends is a tool that allows users to observe trends in search queries and offline developments that correlate with those search trends. Google Notebook is a Web scraper that allows users to clip various content from the pages they are browsing, and share that content with other users. *** Excerpt - For full article, please visit Google.com. Today, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience. Three new products – Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, and Google Notebook – advance the state of the art in search by helping users worldwide find and share more relevant information. The products all incorporate new capabilities that leverage user communities, enabling users to either share more information with others or benefit from other users' expertise to improve the accuracy of search results. The company also introduced Google Trends, a new tool that enables users to examine billions of searches conducted on Google to gain insight into broad search patterns over time. "Google Co-op and the other new services announced today combine the power of Google's technology with the context, knowledge, and unique expertise of individuals," said Jonathan Rosenberg, senior vice president, Product Management, Google Inc. "As a result, users can find the information they are looking for – no matter how specialized or specific – faster than ever." Full Article <- Back to: Single View