Google has launched a new feature named 'Google Journeys,' which is designed to make online history navigation easier. Currently, a user's web history shows up on Google Chrome in chronological order, and users can search keywords or URLs in the history to find a specific page that they remember visiting. However, if the title of the webpage or the URL does not match what the user remembers the site being about, it is easy to lose an important webpage.
In order to solve this issue, Google assigns a topic tag to each website which can then be searched later through the new Google Journeys feature. For example, Journeys assigns tags such as "travel," "gaming," or "news." These are not all of the possible tags, as the feature boasts the ability to categorize nearly any webpage based on the page's theme.
Internet History Management Features
'Google Journeys' Groups Webpages by Topic and Theme
Trend Themes
1. Topic Tagging - The rise of topic tagging can lead to enhanced user experience in web history navigation and customization, making it possible to categorize webpages by theme or topic.
2. Enhanced Web Browsing Experience - With the introduction of 'Google Journeys,' web browsing is becoming more user-friendly, with the ability to group web pages by topics, and allowing users to easily find important web pages without the need to remember their titles or URLs.
3. Webpage Management Tools - Webpage management tools such as 'Google Journeys' help users navigate their browsing history, leading to a more enhanced and productive browsing experience.
Industry Implications
1. Search Engines - The implementation of intelligent and efficient web browsing features such as 'Google Journeys' presents a market opportunity for search engines to provide users with enhanced tools for web history navigation and management.
2. Web Browsers - Web browsers can see innovative opportunities by incorporating tools similar to 'Google Journeys' to group web pages by topic, allowing users to find important web pages easily and quickly.
3. Social Media Platforms - Social Media platforms can incorporate topic tagging techniques to enhance user experience and make content more easily searchable on their platforms.