Google stick parameter decoder - Valentin.app

you can insert a Google-URL containing the stick-parameter. The tool then extracts the stick-value and decodes it. Googlestickparameterdecoder Thereisastick,solet'sfindthecarrot decode decodedoutputwillshowhere howtouse copy&pasteagoogleurlwithstickparametertotheinputfield press"decode" enjoy background May16th,2012Googleintroducedtheworldtotheknowledgegraph.Alargedatabasecontaininginformationaboutentities(thingsorbetter:concepts),theirattributesandtheconnectiontooneanother.TheknowledgegraphwaspoweredbyFreebasebyMetawebwhichwasacquiredbyGooglein2010.In2014researchesfromGooglereleasedapaperintroducingtheKnowledgeVault(orKVforshort)anapproachtoscaletheaquisitionofknowledgefromtheweb. TheinformationisstoredintheformofRDFtriples(subject,predicate,object)andassociatedwithaconfidencescorethisrelationisbelievedtobetrue.Anexampletriplelookslikethisanddescribestherelationship(MovieToActor)betweenthemovieMatrix(/m/07cz2)andtheactorKeanuReeves(/m/0479b). IfyousearchforsomethingGooglecanconnecttoanentity(e.g.matrix)Googlewillshowaknowledgepanelasaresulttoyourquery.Withinthepanelyouwillbeshownaselectionofattributesassociatedwiththeentityandabunchofrelationstootherentities.Ifyouclickonanotherentity,Googlewillopenanewsearchresultwhichisconnectedtothepreviousone.ThisconnectionisvisibleintheURLasaGET-parameter"stick".Whatlookslikearatherrandomstringisactuallyarepresentationoftheconnectionbetweenthetwoentities/searches. technicalstuff Googleisusingthreestandardsforencodingthedata.Oneisbase64(url-safevariant)whichisaverywellknownbinarytotextencodingscheme.Inthisparticularcasethebinarydataiscompressedusinggzip.Thelastoneisprotocolbuffersanotsowellknownalternativetojson.Googleisusingprotocolbuffersinalotofplaces.Protocolbuffersissomethingtechnicalreadersofthispagemightwanttolookinto. IntheinputfieldaboveyoucaninsertaGoogle-URLcontainingthestick-parameter.Thetoolthenextractsthestick-valueanddecodesit.Therearesomelimitationsincethewholeprocesswasreverseengineered.Donothestitatetocontactmeifyouhaveaquestionorencounterabug. creditsandattribution Thefamefortheinitialfindingsonhowthestick-parameterisencoded(base64/gzip)belongstoAndreasThalhammerwhoreporteditbackinJune2012totheSemanticWebmailinglist.Healsopublishedhisjavacodeongithub. feedbackwelcome Ifyoulikethistool,experienceanyproblems,haveideasforupgradesorjustwanttosayhi,feelfreetocontactmeonTwitter@VorticonCmdr. morestuff howtotrackGoogleDiscover howtonotindexaurl HowtoshareaGoogleSERPexperiment GoogleSearchMobileDeviceSimulator Googlestickparameterdecoder Googlevedparameterdecoder Googlenoindexexperiments GoogleChromerenderenginetest