Google’s just introduced an online location for researchers to contribute serious content and search what others have contributed. Wow, a public place to share scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed papers, thesis, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. How cool is that?

Because I help clients optimize their websites for search engines, I sometimes get fascinating news bytes from my subscription to Search Engine News. This new service looks like it might prove useful for the scientific community. Instead of having to wade through search results that might relate to your query, you’ll be looking at results that come only from scientific materials.

Check it out at scholar.google.com. And if you want to talk to them about contributing something, read about it here or just go ahead and email them: scholar-publisher@google.com