The demise of Google Labs three years ago resulted in the cutting down of a number of tools and services, including Google News Line. However, Google seems to be looking to revive Timeline View as was discovered and first reported by Florian Kiersch in a video posted on her Google + profile.
Google seems to be testing a timeline view for Knowledge Graph cards. The Knowledge Graph interface shows a timeline of data, facts, and knowledge on the top part of Google, just before the search results listings.
For example, for a query like “World War I”, the search engine’s experimental interface displays a list of important events in chronological order as obtained from Wikipedia.
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When you mouse over an event, Google shows more information including snippets from Wikipedia articles, relevant dates and images. You can click an event to search for information about it on Google.
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By default, Google only shows pre-determined top events for a particular search. However, when you zoom into the results, you can see more events. The different types of information available on the timeline are differentiated using colors and parallel axis.
At the moment, the timeline view seems to be a feature for power users. The feature may have to be tweaked a lot before it is released to the public.
How Soon Will the Timeline View be Available?
There has been no official communication from Google on release of the timeline view feature to the public. In fact, no news of the feature has been reported at Google’s official blog. Users can only wait to see how the feature will play out and whether it will be made available to the public.
There are a number of benefits and potential issues that can come up with the timeline view. For instance, the view can simplify search and help users get important information about different subjects quickly and without having to sift through many search results.
On the other hand, since the information is pulled from online sources such as Wikipedia, integrity issues can arise.
Images source: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/07/google-tests-timeline-view-for.html
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