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Title: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Clive on August 11, 2009, 13:39

Google has unveiled a new version of its search engine which its says will be faster and more accurate than before.

On the Google blog the search giant admitted that for the past few months it had been working on a next-generation version of the world's most popular search engine.

It has opened it up to testing and it will eventually replace the current engine once tests are complete.

Anyone visiting the new search engine, codenamed Caffeine, will see a carbon copy of the plain white Google homepage they are used to.

"The new infrastructure sits "under the hood" of Google's search engine, which means that most users won't notice a difference in search results," said Google on its blog.

"It's the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions," it added.

Google is inviting feedback from testers with regard to how searches are ranked and the relevance of the results returned.

While Google is king of search, Microsoft's launch of Bing and the growth of real-time search facilities within Twitter pose threats to Google's long-term dominance.



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Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Simon on August 11, 2009, 13:45

I thought Google was good as it was.  :)

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Clive on August 11, 2009, 19:15

If you click in it several times in succession it demands to know if you are a human being.  That would get on my nerves after a while!   :laugh:

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: sam on August 11, 2009, 19:53

it appears is more stuff on indexing than the search engine

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Clive on August 11, 2009, 21:37

Sam now speaks fluent Canadian!   ;D

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Simon on August 11, 2009, 22:03

I thought half of them spoke French!

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Clive on August 11, 2009, 22:29

Quote from: sam on August 11, 2009, 19:53

it appears is more stuff on indexing than the search engine

That's French?   ;D

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: sam on August 11, 2009, 22:50

sorry.... that's awful! you get the gist of it.

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Simon on August 11, 2009, 22:53

We do.  ;)  How's life?

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: GillE on August 12, 2009, 01:11

I googled 'new google search engine' and it produced a surprising number of prominent links to Cuil!

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Clive on August 16, 2009, 18:55

Google Caffeine: What it really is

THE REGISTER (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/google_caffeine_truth/)

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Simon on August 16, 2009, 20:43

Another step towards Planet Google.  ::)

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Rik on August 17, 2009, 09:50

'Fly me to the moon...' ;D

Title: Re: Google unveils new search engine
Post by: Simon on August 17, 2009, 11:14

 ;D