Google experimenting with search boxes within a search

Wed, Mar 5, 2008

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Now with Google you can find search boxes - or at least search box - within a search! It’s currently only working (so it seems) with some major players but searching for Amazon returns the expected result with a bonus. Under the highest ranking return, is another search box.

Searching within this included search box yields results from Amazon.com itself directly. So a search for the term Stardust got me this:

What Google doesn’t seem to realize are the implications of endless searches within searches, which if used maliciously could theoretically lead to the implosion of the web as we know it and a possible Singularity state, where the internet through billions of iterative searches becomes self aware and all absorbing.

Careful Google, please!

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4 Comments For This Post

cavtroop Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Hmmm, i don’t get this….wonder why?

arsgeek Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Well, it’s a pretty simple concept. There’s this new search box that appears under the top listing of the original search term.

:-\

What are you searching for?

Cavtroop Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

searching on ‘amazon’

doesnt work on my work PC, but it does on my home PC. Using the same version of FF, too. Strange….

art lessons Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

i cant say that i have even noticed this feature from google. is it on the main google page?

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Google experimenting with search boxes within a search | Crisis Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am

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Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] at SoftSaurus Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

[...] Most of our readers, savvy searchers that they are, likely know all about Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]

Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results « Quad Tek Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

[...] Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]

AllIPTech » Blog Archive » Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] Says:
March 7th, 2008 at 7:26 am

Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] | net is everything Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 5:48 am

Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] » Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 2:02 am

cavtroop Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hmmm, i don’t get this….wonder why?
arsgeek Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Well, it’s a pretty simple concept. There’s this new search box that appears under the top listing of the original search term.

:-\

What are you searching for?
Cavtroop Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
searching on ‘amazon’

doesnt work on my work PC, but it does on my home PC. Using the same version of FF, too. Strange….
art lessons Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
i cant say that i have even noticed this feature from google. is it on the main google page?

Google experimenting with search boxes within a search | Crisis Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
[...] ArsGeek] Condividi: Queste icone linkano i siti di social bookmarking sui quali i lettori possono [...]
Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] at SoftSaurus Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
[...] Most of our readers, savvy searchers that they are, likely know all about Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]
Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results « Quad Tek Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
[...] Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]
AllIPTech » Blog Archive » Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] Says:
March 7th, 2008 at 7:26 am
[...] Most of our readers, savvy searchers that they are, likely know all about Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]
Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] | net is everything Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 5:48 am
[...] Most of our readers, savvy searchers that they are, likely know all about Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]
Make Site-Specific Searches Within Google Search Results [Search Techniques] » Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 2:02 am
[...] Most of our readers, savvy searchers that they are, likely know all about Google’s “site:whatever.com” function, which lets you search for a term inside a specific web site. Now the search engine has made it possible to do this-site-only searches from a search box underneath certain top results (based on, the company says, “metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users”). It might be convenient if you stumble upon a site you didn’t know about in your own searching, but it’s also an easy way to help your less web-savvy Uncle Bif and Aunt Marge find what they’re looking for, rather than explaining the semantics of search to them. Search within a site: A tale of teleportation [via ArsGeek] [...]

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