In its latest technological leap, online search leader Google Inc. (GOOG) will begin showing videos on its main results page Wednesday along with photos, books and other content previously separated into different categories.
Under a new "universal search" approach that Google began rolling out Wednesday afternoon, some requests will produce more than just a series of links and snippets pointing to other Web sites.
As an example, the results to the search request "I have a dream" will include an actual video showing Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 1963 speech, along with the usual assortment of Web links.
And it looks like news sites will also receive a boost:
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More news stories and local information pertaining to search requests will be displayed on Google's first results page — perhaps the most prized showcase on the Web.
I'd say there's a massive effort underway right now in u/l targetted videos to utube and in optimizing photos for Google Images. Times to reevaluate a few thousand image names and alt tags, knew I put it off for too long.
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I'd say there's a massive effort underway right now in u/l targetted videos to utube and in optimizing photos for Google Images. Times to reevaluate a few thousand image names and alt tags, knew I put it off for too long.
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