Join Google Search Experiment!

January 26, 2008 by Ricardo Lee
Filed under: Labs

You have to hand it to Google; these new innovations to improve their search engine are simply outstanding. I would give them 10 thumbs up if I only I had 8 more…

These features are still in their experimental stage, but what the company has been doing can revolutionize the way we use the search engine. And what’s more is that they’re inviting us to be a part of it! Well, some of it – I think some of the features were removed already because they were volatile. Also, by trying out these experimental features, we are assured that the search engine will be able to offer us what we want once they implement these features by default.

To try the Experimental Search, simply go to this site and join one experiment. Then you can opt to take their survey afterwards to give them your opinions. If you want, you may also email your feedback to the Labs team and also discuss your opinions with others.

I especially like the one with keyboard shortcuts. Call me old fashioned but I prefer to use the mouse less when typing and searching for some information or another; and by using keys like “J” to move to the next search result or “K” to go back to the previous one, I can go through the different search results without the use of a mouse. To open a search result, I simply use the “O” or “Enter” key.

Another great thing that I’m hoping will go through the experimental stage is the one that uses alternate views for search result, that is, they show the search results in different views; such as a timeline view, info view, or map view. Every search result will yield on “Map View” three different locations regarding the article or three different dates on “Timeline View”.

Another of these experiments is the “Keyword Suggestions” in which case, you just type in a keyword and the search engine will provide another word that may be connected to the keyword.

I am personally hoping that Google will include these experiments in their search engine in the near future.

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