Focus Taiwan
2010/05/06
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Google rolled out a new search interface Thursday, which its Taiwan office described as “intelligent,” as part of its efforts to optimize the relevance of online queries.
“As information on the Internet is rapidly increasing, our goal has long been that our users no longer need to choose the database they want to use, or set their preferences,” Google Taiwan General Manager Chien Lee-feng said at a press briefing in Taipei.
“Instead, we want the system to automatically offer recommendations (to users) , ” he said. “This new search interface launched today is a big step toward this goal.” The U.S.-based search engine’s new design includes a left-hand navigation panel and slight changes to its logo.
According to Chien, Google’s revised search function offers more “real-time content.” “You will discover that there is a lot of real-time content. Now you can also search for content on Facebook and Twitter, ” he said, referring to two popular social Web sites.
Google Taiwan attaches great importance to localization, Chien said. He noted, for example, that a pop-up map will appear after a local address is entered in the search bar, without having to go to Google Maps. more …
