May 23, 2007

Google launches universal search

by Jan Harris

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Google has launched a universal search facility, which will provide a more integrated way to search for information online and display search results from a variety of media together in one place.

Universal search is designed to make it easier to find relevant information from different sources. Instead of using separate search pages for photos, video, news, archived news, scanned books and other sources relevant to a search topic, the universal search facility will find links to all of those sources in a single search attempt.

Providing the new search facility involved a complete re-design of Google’s homepage and its underlying architecture, representing the first major redesign of this sort in several years.

The Google homepage will eventually display ads featuring video and display in addition to the traditional text ads.

The redesign also includes a Universal Navigation Bar at the top of Google search and other pages which will provide quick access to other Google services such as Images, Maps and Gmail. This will replace the links above the Google.com homepage search box.

Google has also announced ‘Google Experimental’, a new version of its search service which allows users to try out some of the latest search experiments and innovations and provide the company with feedback. Google Experimental is available on Google Labs.

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