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Google Wonder Wheel

30 points by tzury 17y ago

lkozma 17y ago
Quintura used to be very similar.
pierrefar 17y ago
Searching for "Google" doesn't produce a wheel. "Bing" and "yahoo" do though.
j_baker 17y ago
Wow! That's really cool. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before.
deleted 17y ago
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- Hopka 17y ago
  I get the same message when i'm logged in to my Google Account. It works when i'm not. Here's a Screenshot: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/148/linuxkernelcryptoapi.png http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/148/linuxkernelcryptoapi....
mwexler 17y ago
This has been present on google for months now; a quick search shows Labs announcing it May 24, 2009. That this is making HN now goes to show that most people still don't use the "Show Options" search modifications in the left sidebar, instead refining their search through additional words and search autocomplete. I find it interesting that Google continues to hide these in a user-initiated sidebar in the interest of "sparse", while Y! and Bing now show search refinements by default.
moconnor 17y ago
I hadn't seen it either, although after a few minutes of playing around with it I can't help but think it'd be more useful if following a node included the context of the original search - as it is it's very hard to narrow down on anything, which is what searching is surely all about?
xabi 17y ago
http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/ http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/
- chaosmachine 17y ago
  "if you are interested in buying this domain / website, feel free to contact us." That's an unofficial spam blog.
paulsmith 17y ago
Why not go cricket-style and call it the "Google Wagon Wheel"? "Wagon wheel" is a better metaphor -- I know what that is.
mtinkerhess 17y ago
I took me a minute to figure out that the links on the right-hand side of the page were search results and not adwords ads. I'm still distrustful of them because I associate their location so strongly with advertisements.
- kierank 17y ago
  They look very similar to "Google Adsense for domains" links.
Andi 17y ago
The words in the wheel seem to be the same as the related searches. So this is just an alternative way to present related searches.
Andi 17y ago
The words in the wheel seem to be the same as the related searches. So this is just an alternative way to present related searches.
awans 17y ago
It's my understanding that wonder wheel is aimed more at advertisers looking for additional search terms on which to place bids.
coffeemug 17y ago
It looks very similar to what Directed Edge folks have done: http://directededge.com/ http://directededge.com/
jodrellblank 17y ago
That's great fun. New twist on an old internet favourite - I've just found a trail from James K. Polk to Kevin Bacon. (Well, "Kevin Bacon Filmography"). Not ever so easy since you can only go via the links offered, but I went presidents -> high schools named after presidents -> school athletic districts -> normal districts -> cities, and then the breakthrough change from City of Murphy (a place) to City of Heroes (a computer game) and from there to City of Villains, Batman Villains, Batman films, Actors. Er, yes. anyway. cough.
minouye 17y ago
For anyone working on SEO, paid search campaigns, or just performing research on competing products/sites, this is an invaluable tool. It provides some great suggestions for keywords that you should rank highly for/buy.

Google Wonder Wheel

30 points by tzury 17y ago

lkozma 17y ago

Quintura used to be very similar.

pierrefar 17y ago

Searching for "Google" doesn't produce a wheel. "Bing" and "yahoo" do though.

j_baker 17y ago

Wow! That's really cool. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before.

deleted 17y ago

[deleted]

Hopka 17y ago
I get the same message when i'm logged in to my Google Account. It works when i'm not. Here's a Screenshot: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/148/linuxkernelcryptoapi.png http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/148/linuxkernelcryptoapi....

mwexler 17y ago

This has been present on google for months now; a quick search shows Labs announcing it May 24, 2009. That this is making HN now goes to show that most people still don't use the "Show Options" search modifications in the left sidebar, instead refining their search through additional words and search autocomplete. I find it interesting that Google continues to hide these in a user-initiated sidebar in the interest of "sparse", while Y! and Bing now show search refinements by default.

moconnor 17y ago

I hadn't seen it either, although after a few minutes of playing around with it I can't help but think it'd be more useful if following a node included the context of the original search - as it is it's very hard to narrow down on anything, which is what searching is surely all about?

xabi 17y ago

http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/ http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/

chaosmachine 17y ago
"if you are interested in buying this domain / website, feel free to contact us." That's an unofficial spam blog.

paulsmith 17y ago

Why not go cricket-style and call it the "Google Wagon Wheel"? "Wagon wheel" is a better metaphor -- I know what that is.

mtinkerhess 17y ago

I took me a minute to figure out that the links on the right-hand side of the page were search results and not adwords ads. I'm still distrustful of them because I associate their location so strongly with advertisements.

kierank 17y ago
They look very similar to "Google Adsense for domains" links.

Andi 17y ago

The words in the wheel seem to be the same as the related searches. So this is just an alternative way to present related searches.

Andi 17y ago

The words in the wheel seem to be the same as the related searches. So this is just an alternative way to present related searches.

awans 17y ago

It's my understanding that wonder wheel is aimed more at advertisers looking for additional search terms on which to place bids.

coffeemug 17y ago

It looks very similar to what Directed Edge folks have done: http://directededge.com/ http://directededge.com/

jodrellblank 17y ago

That's great fun. New twist on an old internet favourite - I've just found a trail from James K. Polk to Kevin Bacon. (Well, "Kevin Bacon Filmography"). Not ever so easy since you can only go via the links offered, but I went presidents -> high schools named after presidents -> school athletic districts -> normal districts -> cities, and then the breakthrough change from City of Murphy (a place) to City of Heroes (a computer game) and from there to City of Villains, Batman Villains, Batman films, Actors. Er, yes. anyway. cough.

minouye 17y ago

For anyone working on SEO, paid search campaigns, or just performing research on competing products/sites, this is an invaluable tool. It provides some great suggestions for keywords that you should rank highly for/buy.