Google adds support for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon searches
NBR pushes new feature to its limit - and it snaps.
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It's been a serious week for Google, with Maps its elbowed out of iOS 6 in favour Apple Maps, and YouTube removed from the iPhone's magic circle.
But the search giant has ended the week on a high note, introducing support for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon searches.
To execute a search, all you need to do is type "Bacon number" in to Google, followed by the name of the actor whose degrees of separation you wish to gauge:
It's surprisingly hard to defeat this online version of the popular parlour game:
But yet it can be done:
NBR staff
Sat, 15 Sep 2012
Sat, 15 Sep 2012
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Google adds support for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon searches
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