I think there should be more advanced options for Google or any search engine.
Search for these words: ___ Within: ___words/lines
So you won't get results with one of the search words in the text and another word in a link or something. And you don't have to search for an exact match. Like Search for "roald dahl" and "spine" in the same paragraph. Or if you're looking for a person you could search for "John" and "Smith" within 2 words. Then your results would include "John Smith" "Smith, John" and "John P. Smith"!
I guess they already have an option where you can search in the text/title/URL/links/all of a page. But I tried it and got the same results using text, links or all.
Or even just a way to exclude sponsored ads. I hate when my results are some random page that happens to have an ad for the thing I'm searching for.
I predict this one will be available one day.....
Image Search. And I don't mean search for images that have titles or tags or whatever that match the words you're looking for. I mean, you input a picture, or maybe draw it in, or select image components, and the results are images that look similar to your image. It would be similar to facial recognition software. So you could put a picture of someone, and the results would be other pictures of that person, and pictures of people who resemble them. Or you could take a pic of a table, and the results would include all kinds of tables, maybe even a dog or something. Then maybe you could refine the search by labeling some of the results. The coffee table image "Yes" The dog "No" The kitchen table "No" And then the results would be all short long tables. Also, you could click on category: Architecture, then Columns, then Corinthian, then 6, then search. And the results would be images with 6 Corinthian Columns! Maybe even a 6-legged insect too! Take it a step further by adjusting the positions of the columns to refine your results.
Google is trying to improve its image search, but not in the way my idea would work. You can help them label images and improve the quality of Google's image search results here:
http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/
It's set up like a game--it's actually pretty fun.
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This is a place for my invention ideas. One of these babies could be my meal ticket! I just need to DO something with them! But I've heard that the key to inventing something and making money with it, is just identifying what needs to be invented. So here is what I have identified....
As Seen On TV
- Save A Blade: Another brilliantly simple idea...if it works. I read some reports that it basically works, you can sharpen your razor to nearly brand new condition, but it is quickly dulled.
- Sham Wow: my boyfriend was in love with these from the commercial, so I checked around online. Sure enough, most reviews say it's more like Scam Wow. They just don't work like they apppear to in the commercial!
- Cross Crunch: I actually bought this one! It's an okay little workout device, but if you want the "guaranteed" results you have to not only use it , but also follow their diet plan. When you buy one, they offer a second free, but I passed because for each you have to pay shipping which was about the same as the price!
- Aqua Globes: saw on TV, thought it was a brilliant idea. If it really works. I saw 1 in a yard and it looked kinda small. I read that they are small (only last a couple days) and have problems like getting clogged with dirt.
Quotes
- No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half-thought of it ourselves. (Mignon McLaughlin)
- Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. (Nolan Bushnell)
- An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. (Siddhartha Buddha)
- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. (George Bernard Shaw)
- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. (Thomas Edison)
- Getting caught is the mother of invention. (Robert Byrne)
- I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. (Agatha Christie)
- We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. (Websters)
- Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. (Will Durant)
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