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Google Tests Search Interface That Looks More Like Digg

techcrunch.com — In the new Google Search Interface each comment has an up or down vote feature as well, and Google is using thumbs up and down icons that are exactly the same as those on Digg. The comments show the username of the person leaving it, and clicking on it shows their Google account profile.

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  • UltamateAddict, on 07/17/2008, -22/+2:)
  • tykwondingo, on 07/17/2008, -14/+3jacked!
  • liability11, on 07/17/2008, -2/+19jumping on the bandwagon?
    • timdorr, on 07/17/2008, -1/+2Here's a link to it: http://google.com/reviews/w

      Sorry for the comment reply hijacking.
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    • MrJagil, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Well, i've always disliked google's layout, so i welcome this change...
  • mrblue182, on 07/17/2008, -11/+13I CALL SHENENIGANS!
  • moush, on 07/17/2008, -4/+62Maybe they can get it to work well.
    • jakatak, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2I don't think this is a good idea. Gaming competing websites will come into play. Google needs to stay away from this format. Digg still hasn't mastered it.
    • Matrix_Prime, on 07/17/2008, -1/+1Good, maybe someone will fix the whole "digg" system.
  • shagie, on 07/17/2008, -14/+6"goog it"
  • HomieG6189, on 07/17/2008, -2/+93Meh. I like Google the way it is.
  • TastyLamp, on 07/17/2008, -5/+144It's bad enough having to read stupid comments on YouTube and Digg, let alone on Google.
    • Oddish, on 07/17/2008, -4/+8You don't have to read them. Just don't click the link to view the comments. I'm sure you can handle that, no?
    • Jacksonblue, on 07/17/2008, -3/+10Oh, the ironing...
  • Apoy, on 07/17/2008, -10/+5Pure awesomeness!
  • SoopaflySAM, on 07/17/2008, -10/+14I don't like it at all!!!
  • nwelsh, on 07/17/2008, -1/+51Ehh, that looks cluttered . . . .
  • hmd1987, on 07/17/2008, -8/+3copy cats.
  • limezor2, on 07/17/2008, -1/+34Hmm..could be useful against spam site. Then again, people can extort this.
    • reformation, on 07/17/2008, -1/+21Exploit?
      • pmkenny1234, on 07/17/2008, -0/+0Maybe he meant extortion. You say you've got a posse to bury the spam site's link into oblivion and you'll call em off if they pay you in small un-marked bills.
  • wildfire, on 07/17/2008, -1/+72Great, now every link on Google is gonna be Rick Roll'd...
    • jaysdude, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3Yep, and every new tube user is going to think its the best new / funny thing out there.
  • lougoose, on 07/17/2008, -4/+9Well, hopefully they will have a better algorithm. :)
  • ShadowFoxxx, on 07/17/2008, -5/+8Google is taking over everything. I'm sticking with Digg, thanks.
  • Dracusis, on 07/17/2008, -20/+14Dear TechCrunch,

    Please Do Not Put A Capital At The Start Of Each Word In A Sentence Or Title Because It Makes It Really Really Hard To Read.

    kthxbye
  • heliox, on 07/17/2008, -0/+15Great...another way to game the ***** system.
  • Stuntaneous, on 07/17/2008, -1/+3incoming aquisition =0
  • RuudvNo, on 07/17/2008, -6/+1Man...this is a nice improvement but like everyone else said, it could be abused. And what worse is, it's NOT an original idea. How could Google copy Digg's thumb icons? I think digg should copyright its thumb icons then bring Google to the court!

    Anyway, remember sproose.com? TechCrunch gave bad review for this search engine earlier but they look very excited when they introduced Google's VERY SIMILAR concept to sproose.com!!! How could it possible? Because Google is simply much bigger than sproose? Only because of the brand?
    • jerrycurley, on 07/17/2008, -1/+5I honesty can't tell if you are really stupid, or are mocking people who are that stupid. Digg's thumb icons? Are you really under the impression that Digg was the first ting (even WEBSITE) to use thumbs up and thumbs down icons?
    • kiput, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Because sproose.com is a crap?
  • reddy76, on 07/17/2008, -0/+12why do i care about comments when i'm doing a web search ?
    And then , every search will have millions of comments ... useless
    • flush2x, on 07/17/2008, -5/+1I think the comments might help out a lot. So many times I don't have the slightest clue as to the reputation of the site that I'm referred to through Google. A few comments in either direction can give me a better feel for what to expect.

      Then again, I imagine if I don't care I can just ignore the comments.
      • Loornadune, on 07/17/2008, -0/+4Read the description on the site?
  • qbthemc, on 07/17/2008, -2/+4I don't see a resemblance.
  • TechologyPundit, on 07/17/2008, -2/+2Google's a gettin ready to acquire Digg ... mark my words. They will take over the Internet.
    • heliox, on 07/17/2008, -1/+4You give Digg too much credit.
    • thingamajig, on 07/17/2008, -0/+11I don't understand why a big company like Google would buy Digg, when it would be more economical to simply steal ideas and implement them independently.
  • quidpro, on 07/17/2008, -1/+28Yeah, Digg invented voting dammit! And Democracy! Digg invented Ubuntu! Digg invented Memes! Digg invented Ron Paul and History itself!! Digg invented Jesus riding Dinosaurs, and lists of things that list stuff! Digg has always been, and always will be!! Step off Goog!
  • vat0r, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2I suspect this will be an opt in feature and won't affect search engine results or be displayed to the average Joe. It's just to easy to manipulate.
  • azher, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1I can not see it....
  • stockjones, on 07/17/2008, -1/+1I love Google's search like a lot of people, but unlike many I'm not always impressed with the UI in some of their other web applications.
  • zcreem, on 07/17/2008, -0/+5If it aint broke don't fix it!
  • jerrycurley, on 07/17/2008, -3/+0copying Digg? Just another in a LONG string of idiotic things Google has done since their last profitable decision 5 or so years ago. (Yup...they haven't made a penny on anything they have come up with since Ad Sense.)

    But I will say this...based on the two comments in that article that were written by 10 year old with a learning disability, it really DOES seem like Digg.
    • dood, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2Nearly everything they do funnels eyeballs in to AdSense.
      • jerrycurley, on 07/17/2008, -0/+0Based on the market share of everything they have done in the last 5 years...not MANY eyeballs are funneled into Ad Sense through their new stuff.
  • Alex2, on 07/17/2008, -0/+28It won't be a true copy of digg unless Google's top search results are brought to you by MrBabyMan.
    ;)

  • chrishirsch, on 07/17/2008, -1/+4OMG! Facebook has icons like that! and iLike! and Break!
    Digg you are at the top of my list as an innovator of the internet.
    and hey! iGoogle sounds like something Apple would make. and Picasa is like Flicker and Photobucket! and google talk is like aim! and sketchup is like autocad. And docs is like MS Office! OMGEWIJFASLFKJWOIPJF
    • RuudvNo, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1The problem here is, Google is NOT a social website. They are search engine. Search engine should stay as search engine, not digg-able search engine. Facebook is social, it's different
  • monkeystick, on 07/17/2008, -2/+10Googlenation?

    DO NOT WANT.
  • amitbhawani, on 07/17/2008, -3/+1Cant wait for this in real time :) May be its a stumble clone :D
  • Dysl3xicDog, on 07/17/2008, -0/+13Hopefully they don't replace the search engine with digg's, I like being able to find things I'm looking for.
  • KirbyMorph, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1I like the idea behind this, but we all know how easily this will be exploited. I can just imagine some of the more unscrupulous sites or blogs setting up Google Digg bombs to propel their sites up the search results and placing nothing but positive comments or burying any negative ones.

    Now excuse me while I go prepare to have my blog rank first for random internet meme keywords.
  • inivex, on 07/17/2008, -2/+0I think this is a blatent ripoff of Digg. If I were Kevin (Rose), I'd be flattered, and angry at the same time.
  • Xplodzion, on 07/17/2008, -1/+3Very bad idea, considering Google is one of the biggest if not the biggest sites on the Internet, you will have all sorts of spam and advertisements in the comments for the most commonly searched terms.
  • vawksel, on 07/17/2008, -3/+1reddit.com
  • Intrusionv2, on 07/17/2008, -3/+1****
  • thailand1972, on 07/17/2008, -0/+6This will get abused. People will pay other people to leave favourable comments for their website. People will pay other people to leave bad comments on competitors' websites. Google cannot really police that. How do you know if a comment is genuine or bought?
    • thailand1972, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3Also, what's to stop people making companies look spammy? I can target a competitor's website and hire an Indian company to place hundreds of spam comments like "best company ever!", "would definitely recommend!!" etc etc in the competitor's listing. It would make the company look like trash to anyone concerned. People would think this company bought these comments (as naff as they sound). SO many ways to abuse this, it's not funny.
  • stephenlewi, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1It isn't too good
  • ElBeh, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2And here I was thinking it would be better if Digg got a search interface that looks more like Google...
  • Bizarrkley, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1BFD!
  • chadell, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1This is not a Digg rip off, if you have been to http://www.eurekster.com/ and used a swicki you'll find that this another approach in search - social search!
  • shonzilla, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Organizing world's stupid comments and making them universally accessible. Oh yeah, the world really needs that!
  • 0Xonox0, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1From that picture it looks like their backwards... the thumbs up is on the left and the thumbs down is on the right... that's going to be very confusing.
  • chadell, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Techcrunch is crying foul, I think. Their swicki at http://www.eurekster.com/techcrunch/ will compete with Google.
  • homercles337, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2I dont know how you mactards deal with all the fluff on macs. That "water droplet" effect with his clicks would irritate the hell out of me.
  • Talphin, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1So does this mean that in the future, all SEO will involve will be hiring 10,000,000 people to vote for your site, or spoofing 10,000,000 IP's and running a bot to vote for you?...

    hmmmm.... Don't know how I feel about this!
  • theadvinci, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I think they'll drop this technique soon. This just won't be good for Google. But who knows. Maybe the opposite will happen.
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