Google SearchMash

Posted by Lee Odden on Oct 2nd, 2006 in Google, Online Marketing, Search Industry News |

Phillip Lessen points to a very handy tool from Google called searchmash that appears to be a test interface for Google search results providing text SERPS in the left and matching images on the right. Each search result offers a dropdown menu of options that are normally presented as text links plus options for how you want the link to open.
What’s fun is that you can drag and drop the search results, ie, reorder them.¬†¬† You can also pick from text/images or all images.

Looks like someone’s 20% project I guess.

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October 3rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm Mike | Multi Search

Why would Google allow people to know about searchmash when its just a test and not really finished. I mean–there seems to be no point at all to use searchmash since its just copy of Google (but worst).
October 4th, 2006 at 1:29 am chris dohman

hi mike, i think google wants to use test sites such as searchmash to see how the public interacts with various features. it’s a playground where they can capture user data that is outside of the google box, a different and fresh view.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:18 am Mike

I don’t know about you guys, but I like it
October 4th, 2006 at 9:30 am Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Talk of the Town: Hump Day

[...] SearchMash. [...]
October 4th, 2006 at 11:43 am Chrisitne

I really like it too. The most interesting thing is the ability to reorganize the search results by clicking and dragging. They say it’s just for fun now but they have ideas on how to utilize this. Surly this will be a part in some sort of voting system–any ideas on how exactly this may affect the SERPs?
October 4th, 2006 at 4:08 pm TOSHIHIKO HASHIMOTO

SEARCHMASH ! It’s very interesting ! Google’s map is very interesting, too. I LOVE GOOGLE !!!
October 12th, 2006 at 4:24 pm Andy Headington

Now that the big G has purchased YouTube, do you think we’ll see a site called ‘vidmash’ or ’searchvid’ or something similar? Now that they have millions of YouTube videos (plus their own) they surely need to find a way to incorporating them into the SERPs somehow? Yes or no?
October 12th, 2006 at 5:28 pm Lee Odden

Anything is possible with Google.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:03 am mike

Googles gonna buy amazon next
November 15th, 2006 at 3:15 am balor_san

[sorry about my eng.] Everything must evolve, is something isn’t going forward, it falls to the history. SearchMash is a good example of how to make something BEST even more better.