Google, are constantly refining their flagship product - search, but do you know or even care what new features they are constantly adding to your search experience. Hopefully if you are reading this blog you do care about the quality of the results that are presented back to you, well I thought I would share some of the recent enhancements they have added to Search.
Hot Trends highlighted on results page
Have you ever wondered how many people query [tsunami] or [samoa] right after they read about it in the news, or are you the only one looking? For years, Google Trends has let you search an aggregation of what other people are searching for. Now Google are taking that concept to the results page and showcasing fast-rising terms with a graph at the bottom of the page.
New tools in Search Options
Google have just added a host of new tools in their Search Options panel. To view the Search Options, do a search, find "Web" in the top blue bar, and click on the "+ Search Options" link to the right of it. A navigation bar on the left side of the screen will appear. They launched Search Options back in May, but this week they added a set of new and exciting features.
Learning from history
If you use personalised search and web history, it's now easier for you to see which of the search results you have visited already and which you haven't.
Keeping up with time
The Search Options panel has always helped users search over time, but now there are two new features that help you do this even more flexibly: "Past hour" and "Specific date range."
Personalised Suggest now on Mobile
Finally, here's a fun tidbit that bridges web search on the desktop to web search on mobile. New this week, Google Suggest (the suggested queries that appear below the search box as you type) on your mobile phone is personalised, based on searches from your desktop. This feature only applies when you are signed in to your Google account, and only for searches done while you are signed in. We think this small feature is significant because it enables you to easily migrate your search tasks from the desktop to your phone. It's also one of the first instances in which your desktop search usage can improve your mobile search experience, and vice versa.
Hot Trends highlighted on results page
Have you ever wondered how many people query [tsunami] or [samoa] right after they read about it in the news, or are you the only one looking? For years, Google Trends has let you search an aggregation of what other people are searching for. Now Google are taking that concept to the results page and showcasing fast-rising terms with a graph at the bottom of the page.
New tools in Search Options
Google have just added a host of new tools in their Search Options panel. To view the Search Options, do a search, find "Web" in the top blue bar, and click on the "+ Search Options" link to the right of it. A navigation bar on the left side of the screen will appear. They launched Search Options back in May, but this week they added a set of new and exciting features.
Learning from history
If you use personalised search and web history, it's now easier for you to see which of the search results you have visited already and which you haven't.
Keeping up with time
The Search Options panel has always helped users search over time, but now there are two new features that help you do this even more flexibly: "Past hour" and "Specific date range."
Personalised Suggest now on Mobile
Finally, here's a fun tidbit that bridges web search on the desktop to web search on mobile. New this week, Google Suggest (the suggested queries that appear below the search box as you type) on your mobile phone is personalised, based on searches from your desktop. This feature only applies when you are signed in to your Google account, and only for searches done while you are signed in. We think this small feature is significant because it enables you to easily migrate your search tasks from the desktop to your phone. It's also one of the first instances in which your desktop search usage can improve your mobile search experience, and vice versa.
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