Google Squared gets improved data, filters
Published: 12 Oct 2009 14:46 BST
Google has released a few enhancements to Google Squared, its attempt to build spreadsheets out of search results.
Google Squared is a Google Labs project first unveiled in May at its Searchology event and set loose on the world a month later. The idea is to take the search results for a given query, such as 'US presidents' or 'European countries', and present the results as a table with facts and dates helpfully sorted for easier research.
In a blog post on Friday, the company announced "a number of improvements to the amount and quality of information you can find with Google Squared, as well as new tools to sort and export the data". For example, Google Squared can now return 120 facts organised in rows and columns, as opposed to just 30 at launch. The filters have improved as well, which were a definite problem with the first batch of Google Squared results.
Read the full Google Squared gets more data, better filters story at CNET News.
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