A new Chrome extension helps users find related content—and more Google products.

ERICA NAONE 08/17/2011

Google has ideas about what you might want to see online—even when you're not doing a search. It's offering its suggestions through a service called Google Related, which works as an extension for the company's Chrome Web browser or for the Google toolbar. The company explains:

"Whenever you're navigating to a new page, Google Related will look for interesting related content and, if available, display it in a bar at the bottom of your page. Google Related can display categories such as videos, news articles, maps, reviews, images, web sites and more. To preview a listed item or see additional items, just use your mouse to hover over different categories in the bar. For example, when you hover over a video link, the video pops up in a preview box and you can play the video directly on the page."

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