Google introduces new services weekly these days, but they have not changed the basic form of their search results in a while. Yesterday I noticed some subtle improvements in the search results. I was looking for the Caltrain schedule, and typed in caltrain for my search. This was the result:

that small Schedules & Fares link at the bottom can save you a lot of time

At the bottom of the descritpion of the result were 4 links I had never sen before on Google: Stations - Schedules & Fares - Fares & Tickets - System Map. They linked directly to the inside pages of the site, saving me time in having to go to the Caltrain homepage looking for the schedule. Does anyone know how this is done technologically?

Here is another cool improvement. I needed to know whether this coming Monday was a holiday in the UK, so I searched for uk bank holiday calendar. Here were my results:

yes, I should have included “2005″ in my search - thanks Google

After the 4 first search results there is a line, and under it the phrase in red text See results for: uk bank holiday calendar 2005. The first link under the line gives me the information I was looking for, unlike my own search results. How do you do it, Google?

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