Google; Yes, we are still all about search

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Yes, we are still all about search

5/10/2006 12:20:00 PM
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience

We are often asked at Google what we are doing to improve regular web search. There\'s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes, but today, at our press event, we announced four new products that will give you a better sense of how all this work becomes reality.

Our new products offer a pretty wide range of services and capabilities, but they have one thing in common: They all enhance and improve the search experience for our users.

- Google Co-op is a way for users to help us improve search. It lets people and organizations label web pages and create specialized links related to their unique expertise. Whether it\'s information about a hobby, a profession, or an unusual interest, everyone can contribute to making Google search more relevant and useful for the entire community.

- Google Desktop 4 gives you another way to improve search, by personalizing your desktop. New \"Google Gadgets\" deliver an array of information--ranging from games and media players to weather updates and news--straight to your desktop.

- Google Notebook (which we\'ll be launching next week) is a personal browser tool that lets you clip text, images, and links from the pages you\'re searching, save clippings to an online notebook, and then share notebooks with others.

- Google Trends builds on the idea behind the Google Zeitgeist, allowing you to sort through several years of Google search queries from around the world to get a general idea of everything from user preferences on ice-cream flavors to the relative popularity of politicians in their respective cities or countries.

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Related Links:
[url=\"http://www.google.com/pressday\"]Google Press Day[/url]
[url=\"http://www.google.com/coop/\"]Google Co-Op[/url]
[url=\"http://desktop.google.com/\"]Google Desktop[/url]
[url=\"http://www.google.com/trends\"]Google Trends[/url]