Google rolls out 'Knowledge Graph' database to improve search queries

London, Aug 10 (ANI): Web giant Google has launched a new search feature in the UK, which would help answer people's queries beyond providing a series of blue links.

ile addressing a press conference in San Fransico, Google's search chief, Amit Singhal announced the extension of the Google Knowledge Graph in the UK and every other English speaking country.

The graph, which until now, was only accessible in the United States via Google.com since May 2012, is made up of a database of over 500 million real-world people, places and things that aims to understand people's search queries and also provide some added information.

" Larry Page once described the perfect search engine as understanding exactly what you mean and giving you back exactly what you want. It's very much like the computer I dreamt about as a child growing up in India, glued to our black-and-white TV for every episode of Star Trek. Today, we're closer to that dream than I ever thought possible during my working life," The Telegraph quoted Singhal, as writing on Google's blog.

Singhal claimed that the move was a "baby step towards pre-emptive search" and an example of search engines "getting to know people better".

He also announced the start of a trial, which would allow people to search their Gmail messages from the Google.com search box.

The Gmail results will appear on the right hand side of the search results page and will only be available to the single user whose email account is being included in the results, the paper said. (ANI)