You might be interested in tracking a new service from Google. Try a search for “population of minnesota” on Google today and you will see something new at the top of the results: an answer! Instead of pointing off to a web site, Google is putting factual answers at the top of the results for some searches. Give a few others a try (“who is jimmy carter”). More about this can be found at…
http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/04/just-facts-fast.html
I don’t think they sleep over there!