On June 16th, 2017, post reviewed for relevant updates.
Reported by the Verge, Google adds new Personal tab to search results to show Gmail and Photos content on May 26th.
Google seems to be rolling out a new feature in search results that adds a “Personal” tab to show content from [personal] private sources, like your Gmail account and Google Photos library. The addition of the tab was first reported by Search Engine Roundtable, which spotted the change earlier today.
I’ve been very vocal about a Google Federated Search, specifically across the user’s data sources, such as Gmail, Calendar, and Keep. Although, it doesn’t seem that Google has implemented Federated Search across all user, Google data sources yet, they’ve picked a few data sources, and started up the mountain.
It seems Google is rolling out this capability iteratively, and as with Agile/Scrum, it’s to get user feedback, and take slices of deliverables.
Search Roundtable online news didn’t seem to indicate Google has publicly announced this effort, and is perhaps waiting for more sustenance, and more stick time.
As initially reported by Search Engine Roundtable, the output of Gmail results appear in a single column text output with links to the content, in this case email.
It appears the sequence of the “Personal Search” output:
- Agenda (Calendar)
- Photos
- Gmail
Each of the three app data sources displayed on the “Personal” search enables the user to drill down into the records displayed, e.g.specific email displayed.
Group Permissions – Searching
Providing users the ability to search across varied Google repositories (shared calendars, photos, etc.) will enable both business teams, and families ( e.g. Apple’s family iCloud share) to collaborate and share more seamlessly. At present Cloud Search part of G Suite by Google Cloud offers search across team/org digital assets:
Use the power of Google to search across your company’s content in G Suite. From Gmail and Drive to Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, and more, Google Cloud Search answers your questions and delivers relevant suggestions to help you throughout the day.
Learn More? Google Help
Click here to learn more on, “Search results from your Google products” At this time, according to this Google post:
You can search for information from other Google products like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google+.
Dear Google [Search] Product Owner,
I request Google Docs and Google Keep be in the next data sources to be enabled for the Personal search tab.
Best Regards,
Ian
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