All you need to do is type basic and complex math functions into the Google search box and Google will return neat graphics. From basic charts for sin(x) to more complex graphs for x/2, (x/2)^2, ln(x), cos(pi*x/5).

Of course, Google gets their ‘geek on’ by showing off their math skills:

Did I mention you can zoom into these charts?

This is Google’s graphical calculator, right on the search page.

The new travel onebox will show up when you search for flight related keywords with destinations. For example, [flights from new york to san francisco] or [flights from new york or [flights to new york].

They all work to five you an expandable box of flight options from or to a location.

Google is not currently using the search technology from the ITA acquisition but implied the ITA software may be used in future versions of flight search.

This is currently available in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Catalan.

Note, Google is not selling these flights but rather hyperlinking you to the official airline’s web site where you can search for the flight and book it online. The click-to-book flight is currently cumbersome and some find it confusing. I do expect Google to make this process easier as time goes on.

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A typical Google travel search OneBox looks like this:

The new travel OneBox offers a more detailed box of information with departing cities, airlines and prices:

Clicking on the plus sign will extend the one box to show you additional departing cities, airlines and prices:

I personally cannot replicate it but let me share the screen shots from SEOGadget’s blog.

Postscript: Google officially announced this on Friday, May 27th. They said it works in 10 languages including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Catalan. They also said it is part of the ITA integration work they have been working on.

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This feature does not currently work on Google Maps itself but does work when you search Google web search for a zip code such as [10010], which is in Manhattan, New York. It also works for postal codes in London and other locations.

Here are some pictures:

Hat Tip to James Carswell for spotting this.

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The image above shows the box, with the time of 3am Pacific Time tomorrow, because that’s the time zone I’m in.

The box is actually pretty helpful for those around the world who plan to tune in but aren’t certain what time the wedding happens (it happens tomorrow, April 29 at 11am British Time).

What Time? What Time!

Checking Google Insights For Search, I can see that indeed, many people must be wondering about when the nuptials happen:

The chart above shows that, according to searches on Google, “rising” searches over the past seven days in the United States related to the Royal Wedding contain terms like “time” and “schedule” while top searches overall also reflect the same.

You really need that minute-by-minute schedule? OK, Time Magazine has one.

I Suggest You Check The Time

In fact, so many people are now searching for the time now that it’s even become one of the things Google suggests as people begin to type in “royal wedding,” as you can see below:

Watch The Wedding On YouTube

Google is also involved in the actual airing of the Royal Wedding, in that it will show on Google’s YouTube service live, on the official channel of the British Monarchy, the Royal Channel.

If that sounds familiar, it may be because the Royal Channel is what Google lists next to the time in the special box above. But there’s also some confusion. Rather than link to the actual Royal Channel on YouTube, Google’s instead linking to the official Royal Wedding web site.

Yahoo Makes You Work For The Time

How about beyond Google? Well, Yahoo has its own special box, though it doesn’t list the time for just “royal wedding,” as you can see:

Instead, if you want the time to show as a direct answer, you have to search specifically for “royal wedding time,” as shown below:

That big link — to “Watch the Royal Wedding live on Yahoo” — isn’t as smart as Google to show the time in your own time zone. It also doesn’t direct you to Google’s YouTube or the official Royal Wedding site. Rather, it sends you over to Yahoo Shine, which will be streaming coverage from ABC News in the US.

By the way, while Google has the official Royal video stream, Yahoo has the official photo stream on Flickr here.

Ask.com & Ye Shall Be Given The Time

Over at Ask, it has a special box:

Bing & Blekko: There’s A Wedding?

Over at Bing and Blekko, there’s no special box showing for either “royal wedding” or “royal wedding time.”

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Google can answer a lot of searches without needing to send you to another web site. If you’re looking for weather, sports scores or local movie schedules, Google probably has a “one box” for you.

As Engadget noticed today, Google has added a one box even when it only has a “best guess” at the answer to your search.

Searches for movie and video game release dates are now showing what Google thinks is the best answer based on info that it finds on various websites. As you can see in the image above, just use the name of the movie or game and add “release date” to the query to get search results like this. Google shows what it thinks the release date will be and lists the sources it used.

This doesn’t appear to work on search for books or albums. We have an email in to Google asking for confirmation about what types of queries are included, and we’ll update this if/when we get a reply.

Update: A Google spokesperson tells us this feature is not limited to movies and video games (or any other type of query), but “we won’t show the feature unless we have enough high quality sites corroborating the answer.” It uses Google Squared technology.

Live Snow Conditions:

Google now shows you live snow results on the search results for your favorite ski resorts. Google said they partnered with OnTheSnow.com and SkiReport.com to enable special search snippets for those two sites. Here is a picture of the special snippets, I should note, I personally do not see them live yet.

Interaction Mobile Weather Results:

If you search for weather results on Google using an iPhone and Android-powered devices, you will see a new format for the weather results. The weather results have a slider and larger real estate for interacting with the weather. The new weather results are available on google.com in English.

Here is a picture:

You can try this yourself for searching on [NHL] or your favorite team while the teams are on the ice.

You will notice real-time scores, schedules and team standings plus easy access to game previews, live streams, recaps and video highlights.

What is interesting is that these are not a one box result, instead they are enhanced search results. The result is much richer than a standard rich snippet result. Here is a picture of the NHL results on Google.

Google says the new results are available in these countries: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. They hope to expand further in the future.

In short, Google seems to want to explore and leverage Metaweb’s technology to bolster their rich snippet initiative and Google Squared project. As you now know, Google Squared powers Google’s quick answers. Google said this acquisition will help them “improve search and make the web richer and more meaningful for everyone.”

Here is how Google explains future improvements due to Metaweb:

Type [barack obama birthday] in the search box and see the answer right at the top of the page. Or search for [events in San Jose] and see a list of specific events and dates. We can offer this kind of experience because we understand facts about real people and real events out in the world. But what about [colleges on the west coast with tuition under $30,000] or [actors over 40 who have won at least one oscar]? These are hard questions, and we’ve acquired Metaweb because we believe working together we’ll be able to provide better answers.

To me, this seems like an automated and scalable version of Wolfram Alpha.

Here is a brief video explaining Metaweb.