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Gmail In Search Results? That's The Latest Idea From Google

Google is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to deliver more personal responses more quickly.

The experimental feature unveiled Wednesday will enable Google’s search engine to mine the correspondence stored within a user’s Gmail account for any data tied to a search request. For example, a query containing the word “Amazon” would pull emails with shipping information sent by the online retailer.

Such Gmail results will typically be shown to the right of the main results, though in some instances, the top of the search page will highlight an answer extracted directly from an email. For example, the request “my flight” will show specific airline information imported from Gmail. Something similar could eventually happen when searching for a restaurant reservation or tickets to a concert.

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    I don’t like the idea of search engines being connected to my personal correspondences. Anybody would be able to see the...
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    Not sure how I feel about this!
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    Google is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail...
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