I’ve been playing with the new options that Google has added to their search. For those who don’t know, Google has quietly released a Search Options panel which is a collection of tools that let you slice and dice your results and generate different views to find what you need. You can get to the panel by first doing a search from the home page of Google. Once you are presented with results look fora link that says Show options.
Like I said, I’ve been playing with it all week and I like it. There is a ton of information on this one page. Things like videos , forums and reviews which are all related to the search term you enter.
Also you can see any recent data including things from the last 24hrs to as far back as a year. I like the 24hr view as it shows whats happening NOW.
You can look at all this data in a standard view, which is the view you see when you get there, or you can view Related searches, Wonder Wheel (more on this later) and a time line, which is any news that’s happening that is related to the search term.
I always like finding new tools. This one could be very useful to people who don’t have commercial software like most research freaks like me have. The good thing about the options panel is that a good portion of the data you need to identify you local competition is right there on one page. Not to mention the additional search terms that are related to your market that you may not thought of.
See you on Google!
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