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Google embeds Stack Overflow answers in search results

12 points by jannes 12y ago

jannes 12y ago
Here's a screenshot in case it doesn't show up for you for some reason: http://i.imgur.com/qzcnTkP.png http://i.imgur.com/qzcnTkP.png
jacquesm 12y ago
Copyright laws apparently do not apply to google. They scrape the world but do not allow you to scrape them. The funny thing is that if a website would do what google does here they'd be penalized. The google ideal is that the world provides content which it can then mete out at its discretion. For another nice example of google re-packaging content see google images.
- jasoncartwright 12y ago
  SO contributions are Creative Commons licensed. See the footer of all their pages.
  - falcolas 12y ago
    However, google is not necessarily giving the right attribution, according to SA's attribution pages. They're attributing back to stack overflow, but not the person who gave the answer, they're missing links to the users who contributed to the answer, and the fact that it's a stack overflow answer is, frankly, not obvious. I'm sure Google's lawyers could argue the ambiguity well in court, but to my eyes, they're not doing the right thing here.
    - zatkin 12y ago
      And, as we've seen with Field v. Google, they throw up the Fair use flag.
hactually 12y ago
There's a few scenarios where I've seen this zero-click answers - for example https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=salary+for+software+consultant https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=salary+for+software+consul... is a recent example. I'd be interesting in where else this sort of thing comes up - it's very Duck Duck Go.
- jannes 12y ago
  They have had currency conversion for quite a few years already: https://www.google.com/search?q=1%E2%82%AC+in+%24 https://www.google.com/search?q=1%E2%82%AC+in+%24 New York skyscrapers: https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+skyscrapers https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+skyscrapers Best movies of 2013: https://www.google.com/search?q=best+movies+of+2013 https://www.google.com/search?q=best+movies+of+2013 You can also just search for 'weather' and it shows you your local weather. Or you can search for the weather in a specific city: https://www.google.com/search?q=weather+sevilla https://www.google.com/search?q=weather+sevilla Flight status: https://www.google.com/search?q=LH+327 https://www.google.com/search?q=LH+327 Calculations: https://www.google.com/search?q=2*pi*10%5E2 https://www.google.com/search?q=2*pi*10%5E2 And more: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en Some of these results are based on what they call 'Knowledge Graph': http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge.html http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge... which pulls in data from Freebase, Wikipedia and some other sources.

12 points by jannes 12y ago

Here's a screenshot in case it doesn't show up for you for some reason: http://i.imgur.com/qzcnTkP.png http://i.imgur.com/qzcnTkP.png

jacquesm 12y ago

Copyright laws apparently do not apply to google. They scrape the world but do not allow you to scrape them. The funny thing is that if a website would do what google does here they'd be penalized. The google ideal is that the world provides content which it can then mete out at its discretion. For another nice example of google re-packaging content see google images.

jasoncartwright 12y ago
SO contributions are Creative Commons licensed. See the footer of all their pages.
- falcolas 12y ago
  However, google is not necessarily giving the right attribution, according to SA's attribution pages. They're attributing back to stack overflow, but not the person who gave the answer, they're missing links to the users who contributed to the answer, and the fact that it's a stack overflow answer is, frankly, not obvious. I'm sure Google's lawyers could argue the ambiguity well in court, but to my eyes, they're not doing the right thing here.
  - zatkin 12y ago
    And, as we've seen with Field v. Google, they throw up the Fair use flag.

hactually 12y ago

There's a few scenarios where I've seen this zero-click answers - for example https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=salary+for+software+consultant https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=salary+for+software+consul... is a recent example. I'd be interesting in where else this sort of thing comes up - it's very Duck Duck Go.

jannes 12y ago
They have had currency conversion for quite a few years already: https://www.google.com/search?q=1%E2%82%AC+in+%24 https://www.google.com/search?q=1%E2%82%AC+in+%24 New York skyscrapers: https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+skyscrapers https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+skyscrapers Best movies of 2013: https://www.google.com/search?q=best+movies+of+2013 https://www.google.com/search?q=best+movies+of+2013 You can also just search for 'weather' and it shows you your local weather. Or you can search for the weather in a specific city: https://www.google.com/search?q=weather+sevilla https://www.google.com/search?q=weather+sevilla Flight status: https://www.google.com/search?q=LH+327 https://www.google.com/search?q=LH+327 Calculations: https://www.google.com/search?q=2*pi*10%5E2 https://www.google.com/search?q=2*pi*10%5E2 And more: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en Some of these results are based on what they call 'Knowledge Graph': http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge.html http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge... which pulls in data from Freebase, Wikipedia and some other sources.