Google makes it easier to search forums and integrates locally translated articles for news.
Google will make it easier to search sites like Reddit and other forums. The search engine is adding a new module that highlights existing forum discussions for queries that might be helpful when given community responses.
Google makes it easier to search forums
The “discussions and forums”module will display interesting posts on sites like Reddit and Quora, among other traditional search results. At this point, it’s hard to understand how Google determines which search types are appropriate for forum post responses. The Mountain View firm explains that these new “forum”results “will come as you search for something that may require a variety of personal experiences found in online discussions.”
This feature is already rolling out for mobile search in the US. The American giant has not specified when it will be available in a broader sense, but indicates that it will consider it in the more or less near future.
and brings together local articles translated for news
Google is also adding a new news search feature that will make it easier to navigate international headlines published in foreign languages. With this new feature, news search will also display relevant local coverage translated by Google.
The company cites the recent earthquake in Mexico as an example. With this update, search results will also show “News from Mexico”, a category that will feature articles from local newspapers written in Spanish but translated into English. Of course, Google Chrome and other modern browsers are quite capable of translating web pages, but Google explains that placing these translated foreign articles directly in search results will offer a “new global perspective”on “important topics.”
The feature, which is currently in beta, is expected to arrive early next year. She will initially focus on translating news from Spanish, French and German into English. No doubt other languages will be supported over time.
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