Stories about: structured data  

Making it easier for webmasters to add structured data info to their sites

Structured data will make all searches better, but discovering it is hard

A new info box feature now shows up for certain types of searches

Providing a huge cache of structured data that is as useful to humans as it is to machines

Sources adds background info, stuff that may not be apparent from the top results

Direct answers to queries and "something different"

And adds even more statistical data to its search engine

Aiming to counter the threat posed by Wolfram Alpha

And make it available through embeddable spreadsheets open to anyone

It still has some way to go before leaving Labs