What I really want from Google
So everyone knows who Google is. I even one a single share of their stock.
They are constantly updating and adding knew products and ways to use their platform. But the thing I really want from them seems to be lacking.
When I go to google.com (which I do for 99.99% of everything I search for) and type in a search query I am returned a list of results. The list is ordered based on Google's algorithms and each result has a few summary lines highlighting the text which matches my search string.
To this point we're good. The next logical step is to scan those results and click on one which I think best matches my search intent. And here is the breakdown that I want Google to fix. I want to click on that link and be taken to the point in the web page which has the text which matches my search string. Often I find myself having to manually scan the page to find the relevant bit of information which the search told me would be there.
So Google, if you are listening, how about it?
August 20th, 2010 - 09:09
Ctrl +F my brother. Although even that's probably more steps than you want.
Maybe this isn't Google but I've done searches before and my keyword gets highlighted all throughout the text on the page that gets brought up. It's actually a little overwhelming at times. Perhaps this was when doing some scientific literature searches on some other engines. I understand the desire though.
August 20th, 2010 - 09:10
I wonder if Google will buy Netflix at some point?
September 6th, 2010 - 01:23
That I doubt. Netflix has grown pretty large and has a very distinct business plan. Now Twitter on the other hand, that I could see before Netflix.