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Google's silent experiment .. What do you love ?

49 points by amritayannayak 15y ago

amritayannayak 15y ago
The search button is shaped like a little heart .... I've never seen something like this from Google before !
- Veera 15y ago
  I guess the intention is not to 'search' but to say that you love the terms you entered in the textbox. So, IMO the heart button looks very suitable for that.
  - amritayannayak 15y ago
    Yeah I guess so. I seems to designed to give results for abstract things like "blue jeans" rather than a specific query like "nokia e65".
    - kaerast 15y ago
      Indeed. Perhaps the better title would be "what do you care about?", "what are you passionate about?" or "what are you interested in?" Asking what people love doesn't really explain what the site is for.
Zakharov 15y ago
I typed in "cho", and the suggested search was "choking". I was going to type in "chocolate", but ok...
- stefs 15y ago
  seems like david carradine was in the closed beta.
dendory 15y ago
Why is that site registered to: Domain wdyl.com: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Nameservers: myns2.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.137 myns1.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.136
- EwanToo 15y ago
  Good question, but the original site itself exists at http://www.google.com/whatdoyoulove/ http://www.google.com/whatdoyoulove/ I assume it's a Google engineer's side project which has become a bit bigger over time
  - macavity23 15y ago
    That site barfs with an 'over application quota', whereas the original link works fine. Strange...
- brown9-2 15y ago
  That is the physical address of Google's NYC office.
growt 15y ago
I had to enter "boobs" the result is just hilarious :)
- valisystem 15y ago
  "Find boobs nearby on Maps"
varjag 15y ago
I tried "my wife". God, so creepy.. (I know I know, it asks "what")
- fedd 15y ago
  "find my wife nearby" "explore my wife in 3d"
lhnz 15y ago
"Free Will". The results made no sense to me.
valisystem 15y ago
The idea is great but somehow the suggestions are pretty weak. I don't know if it can be refined to something relevant, even with results improved with user tracking data.
kaerast 15y ago
The site is awful, no explanation at all on the frontpage - it just asks you to provide them with something you love without any incentive. Then there's the slider thing on the top left of the search results which adds nothing at all. "Explore your mom in 3D" was pretty amusing though.
jaysonelliot 15y ago
Am I the only person who's suspicious of a site that purports to be from Google, yet is not on a Google domain, doesn't work without the "www" and whose credibility comes entirely from the fact that there's a Google logo on it? EDIT: I'm expecting it to be a real thing, but it's just weird that sources like TechCrunch and Fast Company don't have any statement from the company, just a "tipster," and it's not on a Labs domain like most Google Labs products.
- AlexC04 15y ago
  and of course the whois information Domain wdyl.com: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Administrative contact: Technical contact: Billing contact: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Phone: +1.2125659741 Fax: Record dates: Record created on: 2005-09-27 18:18:10 UTC Record modified on: 2011-06-24 16:36:56 UTC Record expires on: 2011-09-27 UTC Nameservers: myns2.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.137 myns1.fabulous.com: Note taht the domain registrar "FABULOUS" is specifically intended as a service for "Domainers" people who buy and park||minimally build out||put up forsale signs on domains with the intention of turning a profit. Check out the terms of opening a Fabulous account: Request Membership To be eligible for a Fabulous account we require that you meet at least one of the following: Domain portfolio must generate US$750+ per month Transfer 750+ domains to Fabulous If your portfolio generates US$750 a month or you are willing to transfer 750+ domains to Fabulous, please complete the form below. So WDYL.com on a domainer's registrar and also a pretty shitty site? Yeah, more than just a little suspicious. I'm feeling pretty secure in saying that it's 100% not google .. but I'd love to know a little more about this Margaret McLaughlin I bet a search would turn up a number of other domains that she's got her whois information tacked on to. EDIT oh my ... would you look at that. 76 Ninth Avenue in New York is apparently Google's new Manhattan office! Maybe it IS google. Damn. Now I've gone from thinking it's fake to thinking it has some chance of being real.
  - jaysonelliot 15y ago
    Well, the address on the whois record is just down the street from my office. I could stop by there this afternoon and see who's behind this. EDIT - Never mind, I see that's the Google CoHo. Guess we'll just wait and see.
oldstrangers 15y ago
I used it on my phone and entered 'craft beer', and I was actually impressed. I don't think it means to offer anything new and revolutionary, but it does a great job of showing people how they can use the web in different ways (outside of just searching) to interact with things they enjoy. This would be great for people who are new to the internet. Obviously, HN is not the intended audience.
fedd 15y ago
i love cats, and it didn't find anything in product search! "Buy all kinds of cats stuff with Product Search No results were found. Polite cough Couldn't find anything. Sorry. Try something simpler?"
ChrisArchitect 15y ago
pretty good way to show off google's array of products. But also makes me wonder about the 'too many things going on at google' thing
nvictor 15y ago
oh geez internets, are we speculating over who owns a domain now?..

amritayannayak 15y ago

The search button is shaped like a little heart .... I've never seen something like this from Google before !

Veera 15y ago
I guess the intention is not to 'search' but to say that you love the terms you entered in the textbox. So, IMO the heart button looks very suitable for that.
- amritayannayak 15y ago
  Yeah I guess so. I seems to designed to give results for abstract things like "blue jeans" rather than a specific query like "nokia e65".
  - kaerast 15y ago
    Indeed. Perhaps the better title would be "what do you care about?", "what are you passionate about?" or "what are you interested in?" Asking what people love doesn't really explain what the site is for.

Zakharov 15y ago

I typed in "cho", and the suggested search was "choking". I was going to type in "chocolate", but ok...

stefs 15y ago
seems like david carradine was in the closed beta.

dendory 15y ago

Why is that site registered to: Domain wdyl.com: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Nameservers: myns2.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.137 myns1.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.136

EwanToo 15y ago
Good question, but the original site itself exists at http://www.google.com/whatdoyoulove/ http://www.google.com/whatdoyoulove/ I assume it's a Google engineer's side project which has become a bit bigger over time
- macavity23 15y ago
  That site barfs with an 'over application quota', whereas the original link works fine. Strange...
brown9-2 15y ago
That is the physical address of Google's NYC office.

growt 15y ago

I had to enter "boobs" the result is just hilarious :)

valisystem 15y ago
"Find boobs nearby on Maps"

varjag 15y ago

I tried "my wife". God, so creepy.. (I know I know, it asks "what")

fedd 15y ago
"find my wife nearby" "explore my wife in 3d"

lhnz 15y ago

"Free Will". The results made no sense to me.

valisystem 15y ago

The idea is great but somehow the suggestions are pretty weak. I don't know if it can be refined to something relevant, even with results improved with user tracking data.

kaerast 15y ago

The site is awful, no explanation at all on the frontpage - it just asks you to provide them with something you love without any incentive. Then there's the slider thing on the top left of the search results which adds nothing at all. "Explore your mom in 3D" was pretty amusing though.

jaysonelliot 15y ago

Am I the only person who's suspicious of a site that purports to be from Google, yet is not on a Google domain, doesn't work without the "www" and whose credibility comes entirely from the fact that there's a Google logo on it? EDIT: I'm expecting it to be a real thing, but it's just weird that sources like TechCrunch and Fast Company don't have any statement from the company, just a "tipster," and it's not on a Labs domain like most Google Labs products.

AlexC04 15y ago
and of course the whois information Domain wdyl.com: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Administrative contact: Technical contact: Billing contact: Margaret McLaughlin 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10013 US Phone: +1.2125659741 Fax: Record dates: Record created on: 2005-09-27 18:18:10 UTC Record modified on: 2011-06-24 16:36:56 UTC Record expires on: 2011-09-27 UTC Nameservers: myns2.fabulous.com: 208.48.81.137 myns1.fabulous.com: Note taht the domain registrar "FABULOUS" is specifically intended as a service for "Domainers" people who buy and park||minimally build out||put up forsale signs on domains with the intention of turning a profit. Check out the terms of opening a Fabulous account: Request Membership To be eligible for a Fabulous account we require that you meet at least one of the following: Domain portfolio must generate US$750+ per month Transfer 750+ domains to Fabulous If your portfolio generates US$750 a month or you are willing to transfer 750+ domains to Fabulous, please complete the form below. So WDYL.com on a domainer's registrar and also a pretty shitty site? Yeah, more than just a little suspicious. I'm feeling pretty secure in saying that it's 100% not google .. but I'd love to know a little more about this Margaret McLaughlin I bet a search would turn up a number of other domains that she's got her whois information tacked on to. EDIT oh my ... would you look at that. 76 Ninth Avenue in New York is apparently Google's new Manhattan office! Maybe it IS google. Damn. Now I've gone from thinking it's fake to thinking it has some chance of being real.
- jaysonelliot 15y ago
  Well, the address on the whois record is just down the street from my office. I could stop by there this afternoon and see who's behind this. EDIT - Never mind, I see that's the Google CoHo. Guess we'll just wait and see.

oldstrangers 15y ago

I used it on my phone and entered 'craft beer', and I was actually impressed. I don't think it means to offer anything new and revolutionary, but it does a great job of showing people how they can use the web in different ways (outside of just searching) to interact with things they enjoy. This would be great for people who are new to the internet. Obviously, HN is not the intended audience.

fedd 15y ago

i love cats, and it didn't find anything in product search! "Buy all kinds of cats stuff with Product Search No results were found. Polite cough Couldn't find anything. Sorry. Try something simpler?"

ChrisArchitect 15y ago

pretty good way to show off google's array of products. But also makes me wonder about the 'too many things going on at google' thing

nvictor 15y ago

oh geez internets, are we speculating over who owns a domain now?..