Google not doing so well with the Chinese New Year
Google's coping with the New Year better that Microsoft's Zune did. Phew.
In particular I was curious to see how well dates in the onebox coped with the new date - and they all do well (most of them don't mention the year anyway).
A search for the Chinese New Year is the weakest result. It's not wrong. It's just old. It's about a year old at this point. Google's onebox still serves up when the 2008 Chinese New Year was. I would say a week after that date the onebox would have been better used to tell me when the 2009 New Year is (Jan 26th; the Year of the Ox).
It certainly makes me wonder when this onebox result will update. Anyone want to bet that it'll update after the 2009 Chinese New Year?
In particular I was curious to see how well dates in the onebox coped with the new date - and they all do well (most of them don't mention the year anyway).
A search for the Chinese New Year is the weakest result. It's not wrong. It's just old. It's about a year old at this point. Google's onebox still serves up when the 2008 Chinese New Year was. I would say a week after that date the onebox would have been better used to tell me when the 2009 New Year is (Jan 26th; the Year of the Ox).
It certainly makes me wonder when this onebox result will update. Anyone want to bet that it'll update after the 2009 Chinese New Year?
