{"id":96901,"date":"2016-06-29T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T05:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96901"},"modified":"2016-06-29T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T10:33:19","slug":"googles-new-internet-speed-test-is-ingenious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/96901-googles-new-internet-speed-test-is-ingenious","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s new internet speed test is ingenious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has integrated its own Speed Test tool into its search function as a way to capitalise on anyone searching for the feature, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/6\/28\/12055442\/google-search-internet-speed-test-netflix-fast-ookla\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to now providing the search results and links to sites like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\">Ookla<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/speedtest.mybroadband.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband,<\/a><\/strong> typing &#8220;check internet speed&#8221; into the Google search bar will allow you to perform the function in Google.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Pete Meyers first discovered the new tool, and then <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dr_pete\/status\/747457135663931393\">posted a screenshot of the feature.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, he unearthed a\u00a0<strong>Google Support webpage<\/strong> detailing exactly how the new tool works and that Google is actually relying on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.measurementlab.net\/faq\/#m-labs-tests-and-data\" target=\"_blank\">Measurement Lab<\/a><\/strong>, a startup created in 2009 by Google employees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like Google is testing their own internet speed test (query = &#8220;check internet speed&#8221;) &#8211; not seeing it live &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjsPIlEbFv\">pic.twitter.com\/wjsPIlEbFv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Pete Meyers (@dr_pete) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dr_pete\/status\/747457135663931393\">June 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Biggest movie releases in South Africa this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/96585-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-4.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Biggest movie releases in South Africa this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is how close South Africa is to having its first full-time gamers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95785-this-is-how-close-south-africa-is-to-having-its-first-full-time-gamers.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is how close South Africa is to having its first full-time gamers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Landmark piracy judgement: IP address doesn\u2019t prove anything\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/96767-landmark-piracy-judgement-ip-address-doesnt-prove-anything.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Landmark piracy judgement: IP address doesn\u2019t prove anything<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has unveiled its new internet speed test tool and it&#8217;s ingenious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":96905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8812],"tags":[1638,19905,4665,16677],"class_list":["post-96901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-google","tag-measurement-lab","tag-ookla","tag-speed-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96907,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96901\/revisions\/96907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}