Google Lifts Off With Flight Search

Google Flight Search is supposed to pop up as an option among the filters on the left-hand side of a search page whenever you enter a flight-related search into Google’s search box, such as flights from Orlando to New York City. Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land may have gotten that particular feature to work, but I never did. I had to go directly to Flight Search via the helpful shortcut he provided. Google Flight Search offers a map interface; in my case, since I was logged in, it automatically entered my starting point. It offered me the option of typing in a destination or choosing it …