Google Book Search Now With Cloud Tag
The Google Book Search Blog announced a neat new feature that allows you to peek into the book via what is known as a cloud tag. The cloud tag shows you the most common terms and phrases used in the book, with the bigger the terms, the more that term is used in the book. […]
Barry Schwartz on July 1, 2009 at 2:16 pm | Reading time: 1 minute
The Google Book Search Blog announced a neat new feature that allows you to peek into the book via what is known as a cloud tag. The cloud tag shows you the most common terms and phrases used in the book, with the bigger the terms, the more that term is used in the book.
For example, let’s take a look at Search Engine Optimization for Dummies. If you scroll down to the “Common Terms and Phrases” section, you will notice this cloud tag:
If you click on any of the terms in the cloud, you will be taken to a page that highlights where in the book the terms show up:
Interesting to see [Yahoo] is way bigger than [Google] in this particular book.
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.