Google Is Making It Easier To Find Search Results From Reddit and Other Forums

Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forum sites. Engadget reports: The search engine is adding a new module that will surface discussions happening on forums across the web for queries that may benefit from crowd-sourced answers. The "discussions and forums" module will surface relevant posts from sites like Reddit and Quora alongside more traditional search results. It's not clear exactly how Google is determining what types of searches are best suited to forum posts. The company says the new "forum" results will "appear when you search for something that might benefit from the diverse personal experiences found in online discussions." Google is also adding a new feature to news-related searches that will make it easier to browse international headlines that are published in languages other than English. With the change, news-related searches will also turn up relevant local coverage translated by Google. In other Google Search-related news, the company announced that starting today people in the U.S. will be able to use their new "Results About You" feature, "which aims to provide a simpler way for people to get their sensitive personal information out of the company's search results," reports Gizmodo. "Next year, Results About You will become proactive and allow users to opt in to alerts when new personal information related to them appears in search results, enabling users to request removal more quickly."

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