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from the isn't-that-special dept.
De Mol writes "Google includes information of NASDAQ in the search results. Search for something like GOOG and you'll get all the recent stock information about Google as first result."
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I still find interesting that google seems to get the data from yahoo services [google.com], or at least they point to them when you need detailed data.
Yahoo is better when you need info about financial news. I guess that's one of the reasons yahoo doesn't gets so many visitors - the bests things they do are things that nobody needs (how many people needs to get info about stocks, really?)
Honestly, what individual who cares about their financial future *doesn't* need that information
Do you really need it that often, or are you constantly checking to see if you've made an extra $0.25 today? I own stocks. I check my gmail account daily. I use Google to search for stuff daily. I don't go to Yahoo finance daily.
Of course you don't. I don't either. But when I am doing research (which happens periodically) I do use it. I use it because it's more convenient than using eTrade.
I trade in stocks frequently, holding a particular security for anywhere between 4 hours to a week. So yes, I do check Yahoo finance frequently, at least on a daily basis, sometime even more often. Yahoo gives me all the information I need in a well-formatted page without requiring Javascript, heavy graphics, or any other annoying unnecessary eye-candy that's not needed for a fucking informational page.
On another topic, what's with these retards around here who keep insisting that nobody uses Yahoo. Every
Instead of buying a search optimization company for your favorate word, simply IPO and get your ticker symbol to be the word you want. Then you'll show up even more prominantly placed than all the ads.
For example, if you're a consulting company that makes HTML forms, simply buy form factor, and you'll get excellent placement on google [google.com] for the word form.
Google uses yahoo finance as well (and, as others have pointed out, they have done so for quite a while). Clicking the link takes you to
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ticker&d=t
The second link is usually (found two instances where it wasn't so far) the same page, but without the google frame on top. Also, the query string order changes (the above is reversed -- google swaps the d=t and s=ticker, and the yahoo link has it as I typed it).
Also newsworthy (I guess): Type in your tracking numbers and get ta
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Sunday July 24, 2005 @09:16AM (#13149072)
I love Google just as much as anyone else, but this is getting ridiculous. Google has displayed stock information for stock symbols in searches for quite a long time now. Certainly long enough that it doesn't require a front-page story on/.
Why wouldn't it? If someone's searching for a ticker name, there's a good chance they want to see the statistics like current price and history of the symbol. Displaying that information first is simply good user interface design. It's not as though Google's making huge money from this: consider that Google even links directly to Yahoo! Finance if you click the result -- they're not even linking to another Google service or anything like that. They're linking to a competitor.
Yes, but we couldn't let an entire weekend go by without sucking off Google on the main page. Year-old stories are fair game once we've reported on every other fucking thing Google has done. Next week's story: you can use Google to check movie theater listings.
Interestingly, one of the main stock information sites Google brings up when you type in a stock symbol is Yahoo Finance, one of Google's main competitors. You don't have to type in a nasdaq stock. Type in the symbol of any US stock and you will get the results. FDX or IBM for example.
Google have been doing this for a long time now. Probably a couple of years. Why has/. been reporting all of these "new features" for services which have been around for a long itme?
It's time for the mods to be BEATEN TO FUCKING DEATH WITH A CLUE STICK, that's what it's time for. Soon we'll get news on the release of XP SP2 for christs sake.
Even better:
"A new open source operating system called LINUX has been developed by a Finnish student..."
I wonder if someone once posted a comment saying "/. has hit the bottom. really you can't get any worse than this.", and the editors decided to prove them wrong?
Grabbing delayed stock quotes from various sites is nothing new. Why does everyone drool and hoot every time Google adds yet another feature. Why not the same level of excitement when Forbes.com provides quotes or Yahoo. What's so extraordinary that it merited a Slashdot story?
Is Slashdot selling ad space for Google? And, if so, how much does one have to pay to get featured as a Slashdot story.
Why is Google constantly being mentioned on the front page, for completely trivial, non-stories? I cannot believe that Slashdot editors are really just that stupid or incompetent, so there must be some other reason.
My guess: Slashdot (or VA) is trying to sell themselves to Google. They're jealous of the other buyouts, and want their piece of cash.
For shame.
Sorry guys, but the collective sucking of the Google dick and the gentle smooching of the Google ass is not going to do it.
Can't you see that CmdrTaco is just bothering you guys?! Didn't you ever have a kid brother or sister? Rule #1 about being an older brother: when kid sibling complains that they don't like something you do, find every conceivable imaginative way to keep doing it. This usually provides you with untold hours of fun - that is until your kid sibling grows up and realizes what's going on. The only problem here is that there's no mommy to go cry to, so the only way to actually deal with it is to ignore it. No
Why is Google constantly being mentioned on the front page, for completely trivial, non-stories?
However, if you look at the number of comments that these "trivial non-stories" get, even ignoring the "why does Google keep on getting mentioned here?" and "this is old news" comments, they're still somewhat higher than for the average story. So even if you think it's a waste of front-page space, apparently the average slashdotter doesn't think so.
No, they probably just want Google to develop a Google DupeSearch (tm) feature for slashdot. It will automate part of the editing process and enable the editors to spend more time doing nothing.
Google has just included the ability to return a list of relevant web sites based on keywords entered into their website. What will they think of next!
Personally, I'm waiting until they have some way to 'rank' all the 'page's they link to. I'm sure they can figure out some metric for a 'page' to gain a 'rank'.
Whee! I asked for a currency converter a few months ago using their suggestions form. Probably didn't make any difference me asking for it, but it's a handy feature.
Really donno what made slashdot to post it in the front page as if its a very new added feature..its been there for such a long time and atleast the nerds are not bothered about it..:)
i love google but dont want to give any preference to it just because its google..
Look, I am thrilled that Google is funding a large portion of corprate research at the moment. And I love that they are not cast (for right now) into the mold of a Big Evil Company (tm).
But this is stock information, and not much of it. Clicking on the link takes you to Yahoo finiancials. That's hardly innovative.
Not all new products will be thrilling, after all someone still needs to make brooms; however, with all of the muscle behind Google, I believe that they could have provided a more comprhensive
in this story because this could be the only reason that/. is so obsessively pimping googles old features that have been around for ages. What kind of back hander are you getting???
- Firefox has a popup blocker.
- Ultraedit supports multiple Undo/Redo.
- mIRC has a tabbed window interface.
- Winamp can play tracks in a random order.
- Xnews has added easy keyboard shortcuts.
... before google really starts going after profits more agressively by starting to monkey with services like their search engine. They're doing great right now because there is a transition from traditional advertising to Internet advertising with Google owning that space, but at some point the growth WILL slow down and there will be a bigger emphasis on profits since the top line growth is slowing down. That will make things like paid placement and other currently "taboo" things very attractive to them.
Hopefully they can keep the innovation engine going to keep their growth rate up.
I take it the wealth of intelligence is held by somebody else in your company?
On an unreleated topic... what's the time-between-comments limit up to these days? I just tried to add this post and was told it'd been 4 minutes since my last post. I mean... not that this comment is worth much, but 4 minutes between posts? How much time are we expected to spend on Slashdot if we'd like to contribute to a few new stories? Just seems a little excessive.
Oh man, did you guys also notice that Google has an "I'm feeling lucky" button which can be employed in instances when one is feeling lucky? I'm serious!
It would be nicer if you could search for stock:GOOG since eventually every three and four letter combo is going to be a stock. You don't want stock results.
From the more old news dept, but an attempt to avoid a future dupe:
For those in the U.S.A. you can also enter a UPS, FEDEX, US Postal Service tracking # and get tracking results too.
In fact, you can search for a movie by name [google.com] and the top result (above the actual search results) will be locations and times for your ZIP code (assuming you've used Google Local and saved your ZIP code). Just noticed this the other day, and I've certainly searched movie titles before that.
Google showing ticker info is nothing new. I think it'd be more interesting to what a Slashdotter's stock portfolio looks like. So many of us are on the bleeding edge of technology, does the trend fall over to our investments?
It seems like a lot of companies get mentioned here that could be great investments (or at least they have great technology). I know there used to be the Wired index. Does anyone have suggestions for the Slashdot index?
My question is, when do they include currencies in their Google Calculator? I'd like to be able to type "1 GBP in USD" and see the exchange rate, but no joy thus far.
This google dupe thing on/. is getting downright creepy. Google services [google.com] and search features [google.com] are very well docmuented at google.com, thank you very much. We don't need to see it on the front page of/. unless it is absolutely brand-spankin' new (e.g. released that day) or some "secret" undocumented feature.
Weird, i've never tried looking for just one letter, but you're right, it doesn't bring up one letter stocks (No S, or F either). Interestingly McDonald's is the most popular search for the letter S.
Oh also, before someone else beats me to them, I'm thinking about submitting a story about Google's new News section? Oh and i hear they might be coming out with a web based email! Man, front page for me tonight, man!
Indeed.
Actually, I have a theory: this replaying of past events in our memory may just be a precursor to mind control of the Slashdot Hive Mind.
If they replay enough stories, and insert other sources of confusion, it should be enough for the Slashdot editors to take over the world using the collective think power of Sheeple (btw, I can't believe I just used that word).
(can't help myself)
I for one welcome our new/. overloads (??)
Welcome to (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Welcome to (Score:3, Interesting)
Yahoo is better when you need info about financial news. I guess that's one of the reasons yahoo doesn't gets so many visitors - the bests things they do are things that nobody needs (how many people needs to get info about stocks, really?)
Re:Welcome to (Score:2, Insightful)
Are you fucking serious? Maybe people who own stocks? Like me? Or who are thinking about buying a particular stock? Like me.
Honestly, what individual who cares about their financial future *doesn't* need that information.
Re:Welcome to (Score:2)
Do you really need it that often, or are you constantly checking to see if you've made an extra $0.25 today? I own stocks. I check my gmail account daily. I use Google to search for stuff daily. I don't go to Yahoo finance daily.
Re:Welcome to (Score:1)
Of course you don't. I don't either. But when I am doing research (which happens periodically) I do use it. I use it because it's more convenient than using eTrade.
Re:Welcome to (Score:1, Interesting)
On another topic, what's with these retards around here who keep insisting that nobody uses Yahoo. Every
New form of domain name squatting (Score:2)
Re:Welcome to (Score:2, Interesting)
Try googling for 213
Show map of area code 213
Downtown Los Angeles, California
www.whitepages.com
Re:Welcome to (Score:1)
Re:Welcome to (Score:3, Funny)
Posted by CmdrTaco tomorrow
from the and-you-thought-we-were-reaching-yesterday dept.
De Mol writes "Google now offers search results. Search for something like "dupe" and you'll get a bunch of links to Slashdot! Nifty!"
Re:Welcome to (Score:2)
Re:yahoo already has this,. (Score:1)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ticker&d=t
The second link is usually (found two instances where it wasn't so far) the same page, but without the google frame on top. Also, the query string order changes (the above is reversed -- google swaps the d=t and s=ticker, and the yahoo link has it as I typed it).
Also newsworthy (I guess): Type in your tracking numbers and get ta
Nice (Score:1, Redundant)
Okay, seriously... (Score:5, Informative)
... Hmm (Score:2)
Re:... Hmm (Score:1)
Comment removed (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Okay, seriously... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Okay, seriously... (Score:1)
Re:Okay, seriously... (Score:1)
Slashdot search (Score:5, Funny)
*yawn* old news (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:*yawn* old news (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:*yawn* old news (Score:2)
Even better:
"A new open source operating system called LINUX has been developed by a Finnish student..."
slashdotted (Score:3, Funny)
Google and Slashdot conspiracy...? (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously, between all the non-news and dupes lately, Slashdot is going downhill in a hurry.
Re:Google and Slashdot conspiracy...? (Score:1)
Not just NASDAQ (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not just NASDAQ (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not just NASDAQ (Score:3, Funny)
Only 2?
Re:Not just NASDAQ (Score:1)
Well, not counting the dupes, of course.
NYSE as well, but why is this news... (Score:2, Insightful)
Is Slashdot selling ad space for Google? And, if so, how much does one have to pay to get featured as a Slashdot story.
Re:NYSE as well, but why is this news... (Score:2)
What's next, a "Java implements multithreading" story?
Re:NYSE as well, but why is this news... (Score:1)
Come on ... (Score:1)
Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:3, Insightful)
My guess: Slashdot (or VA) is trying to sell themselves to Google. They're jealous of the other buyouts, and want their piece of cash.
For shame.
Sorry guys, but the collective sucking of the Google dick and the gentle smooching of the Google ass is not going to do it.
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2)
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2)
Hahhaaa... Haha ha haaaaa...
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2)
Now that is the funniest damn thing I've heard all day!
-h-
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2)
However, if you look at the number of comments that these "trivial non-stories" get, even ignoring the "why does Google keep on getting mentioned here?" and "this is old news" comments, they're still somewhat higher than for the average story. So even if you think it's a waste of front-page space, apparently the average slashdotter doesn't think so.
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:1)
Re:Look Slashdot, knock it off (Score:2)
Because Google has duplicate detection technology [uspto.gov].
Innovative... (Score:1)
next on /.: Google anounces new feature! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:next on /.: Google anounces new feature! (Score:2)
Welcome to last year's news... (Score:2)
Google's new currency converter [google.com] would've been more "news" in this sense.
Re:Welcome to last year's news... (Score:2)
Shame it lacks the FTSE (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Shame it lacks the FTSE (Score:2)
And when you click the link.... (Score:1, Interesting)
such innovation.........
why this news has got the front page (Score:1)
Innovations? (Score:2)
But this is stock information, and not much of it. Clicking on the link takes you to Yahoo finiancials. That's hardly innovative.
Not all new products will be thrilling, after all someone still needs to make brooms; however, with all of the muscle behind Google, I believe that they could have provided a more comprhensive
Re:Innovations? (Score:1)
But they have a neat little picture TOO!!
i'm glad to see the almighty buck... (Score:1)
how long till i get can (Score:4, Funny)
Re: (Score:1)
Re:how long till i get can (Score:2)
Re:how long till i get can (Score:2)
Re:how long till i get can (Score:2)
amazing (Score:2)
More information! (Score:5, Funny)
- Firefox has a popup blocker.
- Ultraedit supports multiple Undo/Redo.
- mIRC has a tabbed window interface.
- Winamp can play tracks in a random order.
- Xnews has added easy keyboard shortcuts.
Re:More information! (Score:1)
Re:More information! (Score:2)
I thought nothing could be cooler than GoogleEarth (Score:2)
How long will it be... (Score:3, Interesting)
Hopefully they can keep the innovation engine going to keep their growth rate up.
Jerry
http://www.cyvin.org/ [cyvin.org]
D'oh (Score:2)
Re:D'oh (Score:2)
On an unreleated topic
Another important news item (Score:1)
Also, Microsoft's OS now supports more than 640K.
Re:Another important news item (Score:1)
When will Google stop? (Score:2)
not even joking (Score:2)
hehe (Score:2, Funny)
What next?! (Score:5, Funny)
This has been around for a year or two, it's not revolutionary.
I can just see the headline tommorow, "Google searches the web for words" :)
Re:What next?! (Score:2)
I can just see the headline tommorow, "Google searches the web for words" :)
It'll never happen - AltaVista has the market all sewn up.
Yay! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yay! (Score:2)
stock:GOOG (Score:2)
since eventually every three and four letter combo is going to be a stock. You don't want stock results.
Goddamnit! I read that as "nascar" (Score:1)
Ugh nascar....
Yeah, definitly old... (Score:1)
UPS/FEDEX/USPS Tracking # too (Score:4, Informative)
Re:UPS/FEDEX/USPS Tracking # too (Score:2)
Example: search for charlie chocolate factory movie duration
Movie times, too (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2, Interesting)
In other news... (Score:1)
Has.. (Score:2)
..Nobody already noticed this feature?
It's been a pretty much standard feature for a while now, and I'm really suprised how this could have reached the front page.
Maybe Slashdot should add a new feature.. 'Redirect to a decent news site on-login' and save all our precious work hours [slashdot.org].
Mod stories too! (Score:1)
Slashdot Portfolio. (Score:1)
Currencies (Score:2)
Last year called... (Score:2)
just about everything google can do (Score:2, Informative)
Generalissimo Francisco Franco... (Score:2)
Back to you, Jane.
Re:Generalissimo Francisco Franco... (Score:2)
+1 Funny!
What about phone number lookup? (Score:2)
They don't have international indicies yet... (Score:2)
The stock trades as a number or something, on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (I don't know what that exchange is called).
I didn't try searching for stocks on the Futse or DAX though.
Re:Incorrect ranking of search result... (Score:2)
Oh also, before someone else beats me to them, I'm thinking about submitting a story about Google's new News section? Oh and i hear they might be coming out with a web based email! Man, front page for me tonight, man!
Re:Incorrect ranking of search result... (Score:2)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&q=f [google.com]
i see a ford motor quote there.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&q=q [google.com]
qwest, there.
Re:Great (Score:1)
Re:Provocation? (Score:1)