Google Search Stories Contest

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 09:00

Here’s a neat toy from Google that I hadn’t seen before: Google Search Stories. The concept is that you can create your own story via search terms, in the manner of the Google Superbowl Commercial (and others that they’ve done in the last year or so). If you haven’t seen it, watch the commercial, and then visit the Search Stories homepage to make your own. You get six searches and a final entry to tell your story, and can choose from a series of Google specific searches to highlight the term in the proper way (Web, Image, Blog, News, Map, etc). It’s an oddly compelling way to construct a narrative.

So compelling, in fact, that I’m going to sponsor a contest using it. Use Search Stories to tell a story about libraries … funny, dramatic, horrifying, or anything in between. Just make it about libraries, and post the video or a link to it here in the comments. I’ll assemble a non-partisan set of judges, and the one chosen as the best will win a copy of my latest book, Mobile Technologies & Libraries. I’ll mail it to you personally if your video is chosen as the winner. Deadline for entry is September 30, 2010, and the winner will be chosen and announced right here on Perpetual Beta.

So get those creative juices flowing, people! Wow us with some crazy search stories!

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another entry

I put a new video together, though it’s not technically a search story:

http://youtu.be/HNdPBPz8njI

Submitted by Ahniwa Ferrari (not verified) on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 14:35.

Search Out Your Local Library

I did mine back in April, but hopefully it still qualifies. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGnVoIteKI

Submitted by Ahniwa Ferrari (not verified) on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 15:33.

Search Stories Contest Entry

Here is my entry for the contest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8M0O4QCplU&feature=player_embedded

Submitted by Esther De Leon (not verified) on Fri, 09/17/2010 - 13:02.

google search story submission

Here’s my bid for your book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTvW2UYNljA

And here’s some lagniappe from the story’s interstices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICwCgXHFXr0

Thanks for the contest—it was fun!

Submitted by Jud Barry (not verified) on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:15.

Google Search Stories Contest Submission

Sorry folks, regarding books - its the idea not the container that’s important. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfwf3Qf734w Mustafa

Submitted by Mustafa (not verified) on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:39.

Google Search Stories Contest submission

Here is my submission to the Google Search Stories Contest. We have a real need for quiet space in our library.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfwf3Qf734w

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 23:45.

Google Search Stories for Keene Memorial Library

Keene Memorial Library Search Story

Just learned about this - and now I have a lot of cool ideas to explore…

Submitted by Laura England (not verified) on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:02.

Deleting a search story

I thought this was fun and I created a couple of search stories, but now I’d like to edit and/or delete them, but I can’t figure out how. I sign into my account, but I can’t gain access to these options. Can anyone help?

Submitted by Eileen Cunningham (not verified) on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 09:29.