tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-10713110830238200282008-05-05T03:49:00.000-07:002008-05-05T04:48:23.216-07:00Football* 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 (<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=arsenal&gl=us">Arsenal</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=manchester+united&gl=us">Manchester United</a> etc). Apparently, Google shows the OneBox only for the US and the UK sites.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.epltalk.com/google-adds-premier-league-fixtures-results/1984">EPL Talk</a> 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."<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/SB7mcQglFfI/AAAAAAAAI3I/qPW4K1zkdKs/s640/google-football-onebox.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196844393174472178" /><br />It's interesting to notice that <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/">Google SMS</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/m">Google's mobile search engine</a> show scores and schedules from NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, NCAA and from many football championships: <a href="http://www.google.com/m/search?mrestrict=xhtmlonly&q=real+madrid">Primera División</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/m/search?mrestrict=xhtmlonly&q=real+madrid">Serie A</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/m/search?q=borussia+dortmund">Bundesliga</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/m/search?mrestrict=xhtmlonly&q=bordeaux">Ligue 1</a> etc.<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/SB7szAglFgI/AAAAAAAAI3Q/oaCO9YhvVHU/s640/google-mobile-onebox-spanish-football.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196851381086262786" /><br />* Note for the American readers: you may replace "football" with "soccer" in this post.Ionut Alex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.com