Google Subscribed Links Adds Gadgets

Ionut Alex reports that Google Subscribed Links, an extremely underused feature that puts information you choose at the top of relevant search results, has added some Google Gadgets to make it even more useful. Gadgets include one that translates text right from the search results page (so useful I can’t overstate it, by typing “translate” then some text), a weather radar map and traffic conditions (by typing “weather” or “traffic” then your city or zip code), local gas prices (type “gas prices” plus your location), date and time, IP address lookup (three different tools), and daily horoscopes.
You have to try this and see how cool it is. You’re basically adding new features to Google search, features you choose if you want to have, and in some cases there are multiple versions of the same feature for you to choose from. Google needs to find a way to […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg