Google Finance Plus Signs In Google Search Results

Feb 19, 2007 at 3:27pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Threadwatch spotted plus signs within Google search results that contain Google Finance information. A search at one Google data center on computers brings back the follow results:

Clicking on the plus sign, opens a Google Finance preview.

This is similar to Google Maps plus sign in the Google search results.

Hat tip to Google Operating Systems also.

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http://www.widgetlogic.com JasonD

I think Braap should get credit for finding this.

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/12267
http://www.seroundtable.com rustybrick

Jason,

Missed that, just updated the post. Thanks for helping!
http://www.itstheroi.com ROI Guy

This is a very powerful way to make inroads into some of the popular properties controlled by Yahoo, among others. Google has also added movie listings with local show times.

Google Movie Listing Screen Shot
http://www.seroundtable.com rustybrick

ROI Guy, yes, that is a standard onebox result.