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Google Previews New Search Infrastructure

Posted by kdawson on from the not-standing-still dept.

Google has announced a "developer preview" of a new search infrastructure, though one wouldn't have to be a developer to try it out. Google is asking for feedback on how the search results in the new regime stack up against the old. Matt Cutts has posted a mini FAQ. Some early testing indicates that the new search may be faster in some cases, and return more relevant results, than the old one. Those who attempt to game Google search for a living will be scrambling henceforth. Has anyone identified the new crawler bot in log files?

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  1. Major Disapppointment by CarpetShark · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really? This is google's new search engine? Wow.

    I've been waiting for them to launch something like sig.ma, but way better. Looks like they're falling behind. Which is not to say that Bing is catching up --- I don't even consider that competition.

  2. SEO results by michaelmalak · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Oh great, my site drops from position #4 to position #44, with no explanation as to why. And it makes no sense from an objective relevance standpoint. Before I paid for SEO, it was position #19 at worst.

    I hope the SEO guys figure out this new regime soon.