Comments on: Why can’t Google create lists? http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/27/why-cant-google-create-lists/ Small pieces of the new big world Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:26:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Scott http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/27/why-cant-google-create-lists/#comment-42 Scott Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:55:06 +0000 http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/27/why-cant-google-create-lists/#comment-42 Have you ever tried Google Sets? It's not exactly what you're looking for, and it works much better for some things than for others. But if you type in a few examples of the thing you're looking for, it'll try to predict other things in the set. For example, if you give it Dorothy, Tin Man, and Scarecrow, it'll predict that Cowardly Lion, Toto, Flower Munchkin, etc., are part of the same set. Try it here: http://labs.google.com/sets Note that unlike a search engine, typing in more terms can provide better results (obvious when you think for a moment about what it's doing). Not exactly what you're after, I know, but maybe it would fill the bill sometimes. Have you ever tried Google Sets? It’s not exactly what you’re looking for, and it works much better for some things than for others. But if you type in a few examples of the thing you’re looking for, it’ll try to predict other things in the set.

For example, if you give it Dorothy, Tin Man, and Scarecrow, it’ll predict that Cowardly Lion, Toto, Flower Munchkin, etc., are part of the same set.

Try it here:

http://labs.google.com/sets

Note that unlike a search engine, typing in more terms can provide better results (obvious when you think for a moment about what it’s doing).

Not exactly what you’re after, I know, but maybe it would fill the bill sometimes.

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