Google Squared gives users a new way to look at search results, by presenting relevant information about the search query in tabular form, much like you would see in a spreadsheet.

The goal of Google squared is to help organize search results in a new way, and provide a comparison list of items related to your search term. From the Google Blog:

Google Squared is an experimental search tool that collects facts from the web and presents them in an organized collection, similar to a spreadsheet. If you search for -roller coasters-, Google Squared builds a square with rows for each of several specific roller coasters and columns for corresponding facts, such as image, height and maximum speed.

I can see this tool being quite useful for product comparison searches, but its not really useful when youre trying to research a very broad topic. I guess thats why the product is still a part of Google Labs, to see if users will adopt it.

If you want some more information, here is a video from Google about the service:

Its interesting to note that this is the second service Google has launched around the release of Microsofts Bing. Others have speculated in the past about Googles launch schedule deliberately attempting to overshadow competitors, so I guess this will add more fuel to the fire.

If you want to give Google Squared a go for yourself, visit the page here and let us know what you think!

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