While Yahoo improves its mobile search results, Google on the other hand unveils Plus Box. From the official Google blog:
We’re very excited to unveil Plus Box, a new search feature that lets you see more information about individual search results. Whenever you see the plus box icon -
- click on it to see the additional rich data expand below the original search result. With Plus Box, you’ll get a visual snapshot of related information, so it is faster and easier to find exactly what you’re looking for.
Currently, the Plus Box only contains finance data about companies which are listed in NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX. This data includes stock price and other company information. Additionally, if a user wants to find out more about the company listed in the search result, they can click on the “more information” link, which would bring them to the Google Finance portal.
In addition to the business information, the new Plus Box will also display a location map of the business company if Google Map has mapped its actual location.
This is a pretty exciting additional feature of the already great search engine that is Google. If they can manage to put in more relevant information on each of the search results displayed by the search engine, it would definitely save a lot of time spent by users searching for that one piece of link that would lead them to the right information that they need.
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Loren Baker, Editor on Mar 22, 2007 at 1:02 am
Arnold, I’m very excited to see how Google is using the PlusBox to integrate the vertical search channels within Google into its core web search functionality.
By doing so, Google is not losing track of its main goal and focusing on other portal-esque products which to date, have never really taken off (besides their acquisitions of Google Earth and Google Video/YouTube).
They’re bringing the total search experience all into one easy to use and understand interface, which is extremely smart for Google.
Fredo on Mar 22, 2007 at 6:40 am
Interesting function and good use of the AJAX technology. It is good because not everyone wants to see the financial details of those large companies.
arnold on Mar 22, 2007 at 6:48 am
Loren - Indeed, this is a pretty exciting development for Google’s search capability. Value added services for web search engine seems to be a neglected issue. Hopes Google can sustain the development of Plus Box into a full blow search enhancement.
Fredo - Yes, not everyone. But it would be a nice to have access to those information.
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