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"flight to LA", "hotel room in New York next weekend", "metallica san jose tickets" etc. will return structured results, in both Google and Bing, soon I feel.
by bl4k 16y ago
"flight to LA", "hotel room in New York next weekend", "metallica san jose tickets" etc. will return structured results, in both Google and Bing, soon I feel.
Google bought ITA and Bing bought Farecast for the purpose of getting direct access to this data. Since they can't web crawl this type of data, I would expect more acquisitions and/or licensing deals - such as the deal with Twitter.
Google has a decent foundation already with queries such as 'population of london' '<movie name>' (which shows local theatre times) and 'weather 94000' etc. Full list here:
http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#helpcenter http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#helpcenter
- gregable 16y agoThose queries don't even begin to give enough information. Flight to LA from where, when, how long, economy/first, what times of the day, etc. Hotel room in New York next weekend which days, smoking or not, upscale or not, which part of new york, which new york? Metallica san jose tickets are closer and could generally get you the venue's page that will then ask which showing, which seats, how many tickets together, etc.
- bl4k 16y agoGoogle would use all the information it has to make assumptions about defaults to display. When you click-through to the site to make the booking or to drill in further you can specify the details. eg. 'flight to LA' can show : SFO -> LAX Tod Tom Wed Thu Fri Orbitz $187 $210 $299 $330 $450 Travelocity $200 $350 - $89 - United.com etc. etc.