Google Squared
{{Short description|Information retrieval program}}
Google Squared was an information extraction and relationship extraction product from Google.Dan Crow, "Google Squared: Web scale, open domain information extraction and presentation" [http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/pubs/archive/36641.pdf PDF] It was announced on May 12, 2009 in response to the launch of Wolfram Alpha and was launched on Google Labs on June 3, 2009.{{cite web |work=BBC News |title=Google unveils 'smarter search' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047076.stm|access-date=2009-06-04|date=2009-05-13|first=Maggie|last=Shields}} As part of the phasing out of Google Labs, Google Squared was shut down on September 5, 2011.{{cite news |url=http://searchengineland.com/google-squared-news-timeline-get-added-to-googles-chopping-block-90549 |publisher=Search Engine Land |title=Google Squared, News Timeline Get Added To Google's Chopping Block |access-date=2011-10-15|date=2011-08-25|first=Matt|last=McGee}}
Squared was developed at Google's New York office.{{cite news |publisher=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/13/google_squared/ |title=Google crossbreeds search with spreadsheet |first=Cade |last=Metz|date=2009-05-13|access-date=2009-06-04}} It was the first significant effort by Google to understand information on the web and present it in new ways.{{cite news |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/google-revs-up-search-features/ |work=The New York Times |title=Google Revs Up Some New Search Features |access-date=2009-06-04|date=2009-05-12|first=Miguel|last=Helft}}
Google Squared extracted structured data from across the web and presented its results in spreadsheet-like format.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5314450/Google-launches-new-search-capabilities.html |title=Google launches new search capabilities |first=Claudine |last=Beaumont |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=2009-05-12 |access-date=2009-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515125239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5314450/Google-launches-new-search-capabilities.html |archive-date=May 15, 2009 }} Each search query returned a table of search results which has its own set of columns - common attributes that are associated with the topic of a search. Nathania Johnson of Search Engine Watch described Squared as "quite possibly ... one of Google's significant achievements".{{cite web|url=http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090512-201139|title=Google Launches Search Options, Previews 'Google Squared'|publisher=Search Engine Watch|date=2009-05-12|first=Nathania|last=Johnson|access-date=2009-06-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516213508/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090512-201139|archive-date=2009-05-16}}