Google Squared
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Google Squared was a semantic search
product from Google
. It was announced on May 12, 2009 and was launched on Google Labs
on June 3, 2009. As part of the phasing out Google Labs, Google Squared was shut down on September 5, 2011.
Squared was developed at Google's New York office. It was the first significant effort by Google to understand information on the web and present it in new ways.
Google Squared extracted structured data from across the web and presented its results in spreadsheet-like format. 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. Nathania Johnson of Search Engine Watch
described Squared as "quite possibly ... one of Google's significant achievements".
Semantic search
Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the Web or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results. Author Seth Grimes lists "11 approaches that join...
product from Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
. It was announced on May 12, 2009 and was launched on Google Labs
Google Labs
Google Labs was a page created by Google to demonstrate and test new Google projects. Google calls Google Labs,Google also uses an invitation-only phase for trusted testers to test projects including Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Wave and many of these have their own "labs" webpages for...
on June 3, 2009. As part of the phasing out Google Labs, Google Squared was shut down on September 5, 2011.
Squared was developed at Google's New York office. It was the first significant effort by Google to understand information on the web and present it in new ways.
Google Squared extracted structured data from across the web and presented its results in spreadsheet-like format. 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. Nathania Johnson of Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Watch is a website that provides news and information about search engines and search engine marketing. Search Engine Watch was started by Danny Sullivan in 1996. In 1997, Sullivan sold it for an undisclosed amount to MecklerMedia...
described Squared as "quite possibly ... one of Google's significant achievements".