Here’s another new feature that Google has now rolled out for Search.
They call it “Direct Answers”. Quite a lot of searches are looking for a specific answer or fact such as “how old is Barack Obama” or “what time is it in Denver.”
If you do a search for these, you’ll get the answer displayed on the search results page so you don’t have to click further.. But one of them actually displays separately at the very top of the page. That is what Google means by “Direct Answers”. And it is a nice addition to Search.
I think you will see this appearing more over time as Google improves their recognition – when is someone looking for a fact and what is the answer.
Google Direct Answers
