Google Niceties
There are a couple of interesting things I just found, both via the Official Google Blog.
First up we have Google Movies onebox. You know how disappointed you are every time you call the movie line and it's not Kramer? So you end up going to a horrid local site to find out what times the new American Pie is playing (you douchebag), and at what theatre? Well, I've used Rotten Tomatoes for this for awhile now, and while it's a wonderful site, there will never be anything as simple and efficient as Google. Yeah, I'm a fanboy... bugger off. Google has become the new Movie-Line/Review site. How's that, you ask? Simple, just head to the normal google search index, or use your google search field in Firefox (you are using Firefox, right?) and type the name of the film you're searching listings for (we'll say "Superman Returns") followed by your zip code. Simple as that; here are the results I get using the previous example plus an infamous CA zip. As you can see there are theatre links, time listings, map links, and 48 reviews for the film... pretty damn skippy, eh? Trench approves!
(I highly approve of Superman Returns as well.)
Next up we have the little textular box you see in the side-pannel, just to the right of this blog. Google Related Links is her name, and, in theory, she' be'uh mighty fine ship, Cap'n. It works much like the Google AdSense code does, providing relevant links based on the content of the page hosting it (ie., my blog), only the difference is... these are not ads. The links you see there are not paid spots, nor do I make money off of them. They are simply there for convenience. For example, if you are reading my blogs then you are somewhat interested in the subjects I'm covering. In theory, these very subjects should start showing up in that panel offering you links to other sites discussing the same things and whatnot. I think it's quite awesome; again, Trench approves!
Trench totally hearts the Google Overlords.
<3
First up we have Google Movies onebox. You know how disappointed you are every time you call the movie line and it's not Kramer? So you end up going to a horrid local site to find out what times the new American Pie is playing (you douchebag), and at what theatre? Well, I've used Rotten Tomatoes for this for awhile now, and while it's a wonderful site, there will never be anything as simple and efficient as Google. Yeah, I'm a fanboy... bugger off. Google has become the new Movie-Line/Review site. How's that, you ask? Simple, just head to the normal google search index, or use your google search field in Firefox (you are using Firefox, right?) and type the name of the film you're searching listings for (we'll say "Superman Returns") followed by your zip code. Simple as that; here are the results I get using the previous example plus an infamous CA zip. As you can see there are theatre links, time listings, map links, and 48 reviews for the film... pretty damn skippy, eh? Trench approves!
(I highly approve of Superman Returns as well.)
Next up we have the little textular box you see in the side-pannel, just to the right of this blog. Google Related Links is her name, and, in theory, she' be'uh mighty fine ship, Cap'n. It works much like the Google AdSense code does, providing relevant links based on the content of the page hosting it (ie., my blog), only the difference is... these are not ads. The links you see there are not paid spots, nor do I make money off of them. They are simply there for convenience. For example, if you are reading my blogs then you are somewhat interested in the subjects I'm covering. In theory, these very subjects should start showing up in that panel offering you links to other sites discussing the same things and whatnot. I think it's quite awesome; again, Trench approves!
Trench totally hearts the Google Overlords.
<3
posted by trench at 12:21 PM
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