Google Adds Q&A Search
2005-04-08 10:33:00
Google users can now get answers to some questions typed into the search engine.
The Google Q&A feature searches facts the Mountain View, Calif., company has pulled together from the web. Users can get answers to questions on celebrities, countries, planets, movies and "anything else we've thought of so far," Jonathan Betz, tech lead for Google Q&A said in the company's blog.
The Google feature, however, is limited. Asking "how many moons does Jupiter have" gets back the answer of 63, but asking "how many moons around Jupiter" fails to deliver an answer.
Cellular-phone users who can access Google's mobile service can also use the new feature, getting back answers as text messages, the company said.
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