Monday, May 05, 2008

Google OneBox for Premier League (and Other Sports Results)

Football* fans from the UK should rejoice: Google added an OneBox that shows scores and upcoming matches when you search for the name of a team (Arsenal, Manchester United etc). Apparently, Google shows the OneBox only for the US and the UK sites.

EPL Talk wonders if Google pays a fee to display this information, but I wouldn't worry about that. "By law, publishers must pay a license fee to the Football DataCo Limited company that in turns shares the money with the clubs in the Premier League and Football League."


It's interesting to notice that Google SMS and Google's mobile search engine show scores and schedules from NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, NCAA and from many football championships: Primera División, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 etc.


* Note for the American readers: you may replace "football" with "soccer" in this post.

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Google OneBox for Premier League (and Other Sports Results) by Alex Chitu
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Anonymous Jens Meiert said on May 5, 2008 2:19 PM PDT:
OT: Thanks for the “football” comment, as it is just that, football :)
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Anonymous jon said on May 6, 2008 4:24 AM PDT:
It would also be great in the future to add information of when your Team is on the Television or big screen, a mini schedule if you like.

Cheers,

Jon
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Anonymous Acai Berry said on April 30, 2009 10:18 PM PDT:
yes i am much enjoying from this box. it provide upcoming matches score when i search for the name of a team. It is really very big achievement for google.com
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Anonymous Kalina said on April 30, 2009 10:20 PM PDT:
Oh football information. I want it . Thanks Google.
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Anonymous mover packer delhi said on April 30, 2009 10:20 PM PDT:
If Google pays a fee to display this information we don't have any problem. They are gaining the visitor to his site.
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Anonymous Acai said on May 25, 2009 12:46 PM PDT:
it provide upcoming matches score when i search for the name of a team. It is really very big achievement for google.com
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Anonymous Yeast Infection said on June 11, 2009 5:29 AM PDT:
Well this is really a great news for all the football fans in the world.
This will make things easier for them..
What do you think?
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