Google Squared Explained
Google Squared was an information extraction and relationship extraction product from Google.[1] It was announced on May 12, 2009 in response to the launch of Wolfram Alpha and was launched on Google Labs on June 3, 2009.[2] As part of the phasing out of Google Labs, Google Squared was shut down on September 5, 2011.[3]
Squared was developed at Google's New York office.[4] It was the first significant effort by Google to understand information on the web and present it in new ways.[5]
Google Squared extracted structured data from across the web and presented its results in spreadsheet-like format.[6] Each search query returned a table of search results which has its own set of columns - common attributes that are associated with the topic of a search.[2] Nathania Johnson of Search Engine Watch described Squared as "quite possibly ... one of Google's significant achievements".[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Dan Crow, "Google Squared: Web scale, open domain information extraction and presentation" PDF
- Web site: . Google unveils 'smarter search' . 2009-06-04. 2009-05-13. Maggie. Shields.
- News: Google Squared, News Timeline Get Added To Google's Chopping Block . . 2011-10-15. 2011-08-25. Matt. McGee.
- News: . Google crossbreeds search with spreadsheet . Cade . Metz. 2009-05-13. 2009-06-04.
- News: Google Revs Up Some New Search Features . . 2009-06-04. 2009-05-12. Miguel. Helft.
- News: Google launches new search capabilities . Claudine . Beaumont . . 2009-05-12 . 2009-06-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515125239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5314450/Google-launches-new-search-capabilities.html . May 15, 2009 .
- Web site: Google Launches Search Options, Previews 'Google Squared'. Search Engine Watch. 2009-05-12. Nathania. Johnson. 2009-06-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090516213508/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090512-201139. 2009-05-16.
