SearchMash, Google's New Search Site
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
SearchMash is a low-profile search tool created by Google that mixes normal search results with Google Images. As shown in this screenshot, the idea is similar to an older version of A9. The Google Operating System has the run-down:Search results are numbered and you can reorder them. Clicking on the green URL, you'll see a list of options like "cached copy", "similar sites". You don't have click on the search box to type your query. There is no search button, you just have to type enter. Google shows the number of visible search results in the top right corner. Clicking on the "more" link, Google loads a new set of results using Ajax and scrolls to the first result of the new set using a nice animation (this seems broken in Firefox). Actually the entire site uses a lot of JavaScript and Ajax, and it can't be used if you disable JavaScript.For now, Google will use SearchMash as a place to play around with their technologies, and might be the foundation for a redesigned version of Google's search results.
Comments
Very cool and nice site btw. Thanks for the post - I wasn't aware of this. I live on Google. I use it for everything from my work in IT to my blog, Building The Ergonomic Guitar so I'm always looking for new approaches.
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Robert Irizarry, at
10/04/2006 10:01:00 AM
Dude, get some tech news!!
ITs been 6 days since you posted
im totally out of date on tech
By Siddhartha Gandhi, at
10/09/2006 05:10:00 PM
Robert Irizarry: I'm glad you enjoy the site, we work hard to make it look good :-).
Siddhartha Gandhi: Sorry about that pal, stuff happens! Joe/Illumen will be covering me for this week, so get angry at him (evil emote!).
