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This makes me feel somewhat uneasy. On the one hand, it works really well. On the other, are Google aiming to take over every aggregation service out there?

This makes me feel somewhat uneasy. On the one hand, it works really well. On the other, are Google aiming to take over every aggregation service out there? Something about the dominant search engine moving into this space just doesn't sit right with me.

Bedon292 12y ago
Search engines are all about aggregation, it seems like a logical step for them. Bing, Yahoo, and even AOL also have their own travel sites, so it is not just the dominant search engine, it is all of them. It is also nice to not have to support some third party by buying tickets through them. Just compare the prices and go directly to the airline.
- mootothemax 12y ago
  Bing, Yahoo, and even AOL also have their own travel sites The difference is, if I type WAW to LHR into Google, I get flight listings with prices and availability. You're right that Bing, Yahoo etc. have their own separate travel sites, I've yet to see similar results in their search results.
  - hyperliner 12y ago
    But how is that different from typing "2+3" or "what is the speed of light?" or "what is the temperature in San francisco CA?" in the Google search bar? I think it is all about convenience.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    > The difference is, if I type WAW to LHR into Google, I get flight listings with prices and availability. Yes, and I think that's a Good Thing. Google rightly knows that when I type "WAW to LHR", I want to know about the flight, not about where to find out about that flight.
    - Trombone41 12y ago
      An implication of this difference is that google probably charges for that convenience by saving your itinerary somewhere and selling it to your insurance company.
__Joker 12y ago
Any personal assistant app can't do away from this aggregations. These are the first and low hanging fruits when it comes to personal assistants, given that more and more the personal assistants and the search engines will morph into one.
TeMPOraL 12y ago
Google's stated mission is to "organize world's information". This fits it perfectly.

Bedon292 12y ago

Search engines are all about aggregation, it seems like a logical step for them. Bing, Yahoo, and even AOL also have their own travel sites, so it is not just the dominant search engine, it is all of them. It is also nice to not have to support some third party by buying tickets through them. Just compare the prices and go directly to the airline.

mootothemax 12y ago
Bing, Yahoo, and even AOL also have their own travel sites The difference is, if I type WAW to LHR into Google, I get flight listings with prices and availability. You're right that Bing, Yahoo etc. have their own separate travel sites, I've yet to see similar results in their search results.
- hyperliner 12y ago
  But how is that different from typing "2+3" or "what is the speed of light?" or "what is the temperature in San francisco CA?" in the Google search bar? I think it is all about convenience.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  > The difference is, if I type WAW to LHR into Google, I get flight listings with prices and availability. Yes, and I think that's a Good Thing. Google rightly knows that when I type "WAW to LHR", I want to know about the flight, not about where to find out about that flight.
  - Trombone41 12y ago
    An implication of this difference is that google probably charges for that convenience by saving your itinerary somewhere and selling it to your insurance company.

__Joker 12y ago

Any personal assistant app can't do away from this aggregations. These are the first and low hanging fruits when it comes to personal assistants, given that more and more the personal assistants and the search engines will morph into one.

TeMPOraL 12y ago

Google's stated mission is to "organize world's information". This fits it perfectly.