Google have released something today that I’ve really been looking forward to – Google Squared.  This is Google’s vision for the future of searching on the web.  Bear in mind this is a very early Beta, so don’t expect things to work perfectly – they don’t !  But it does give you and idea of the potential of this.

Basically, what they are doing is providing search results in a spreadsheet-style format which allows you to compare relevant criteria all within the same column.  You can add criteria that wasn’t part of the default layout and it will add it in for all results.  It is essentially providing a structure around unstructured data – something of a Nirvana for web searching.

This is very early days for Google Squared, the possibilities are very exciting.  Try it and see yourself.  Try some of the example searches on their homepage.